Do people really think ETH will become the next bitcoin?
Personally I'm interested in other projects that do something different.
Care to elaborate on this? Ether is not meant to replace Bitcoin. It's the gas that powers transactions on the public Ethereum chain.
I agree. Ether is supposedly different to bitcoin, but people still compare these two. We can't really blame bitcoin for its slow transaction speed because there are lot of people who are using it compared to ethereum. Ethereum, on the other hand, is designed for fast transactions. It is not fair to say that bitcoin will be replaced by ethereum soon because of the transaction speed.
There are some pretty attractive options in the market to start with, but my question is if you want to get in crypto currency than why not do it properly by using bitcoins? Bitcoin already has a big market and most of the people accept it gladly. Other than that just compare the price of bitcoin before 2017 and after, you will get an idea about what I am trying to say.