and 15 million USD
Oh, that, LOL. Forgot to mention that. Dunno, but they have it, and we don't. It's yet another strength that they have, and that we have to somehow overcome. Have to hit'em where they ain't. Dogecoin did it with a mascot and a friendly community.
How're we going to do it? Don't know. When some guy attacks me, and he has 50 pounds on me, well, that's an advantage, maybe an unfair one, but I have to overcome it. Or die.
Ethereum is that guy rushing us with 'roid rage, and we're complaining about the illegal juice?!?! Good luck with that.
Might I interfere with your -otherwise- nicely put thoughts; but the one cannot exclude the other (ie: both coins can achieve greatness). FWIW: I never before got involved with alts (trading-wise). I did so with ETH/EXP rallies and the only thing I done it for, was to gain more BTCs that I used to buy XMR. Funnily enough, I managed to rub out my gains from the recent mini-dump XMR did *right* on the verge of "breakout" point a week ago (240k).
I'm not complaining; trading has these 'features' - it could've been worse if I held ETH instead. I'm just pointing out the obvious, that both coins could co-exist with BTC serving different purposes. This is pretty early stage if we're talking about a black swan. I'd say we wait and see what happens (while keeping our eyes open).