Quote from: talkbitcoin on December 13, 2017, 10:31:45 AM

Quote from: Realist247 on December 13, 2017, 09:20:18 AM

It's no secret that BTC has a big problem with fees and transaction times and it's getting worse with rising valuation and number of users. That's the first issue. Bitcoin's closest market cap competitors don't have these issues....at least not yet.

you seem to not be aware of the serious scaling issues that the "closest market cap altcoins" are facing. for example ETH which is having worse problems than bitcoin has. people's transactions are getting stuck each time there is a big ICO going on. and these days a simple project called cryptokitties fucked up everything pretty nicely Cheesy

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The second issue is that other cryptos have given better returns year-on-year vs. Bitcoin...especially in the past week to a month. During that period BTC went up 100% but some of its closest competitors in market cap have returned 200-300%....or better.

well that is just not true.
the difference is that bitcoin goes up and stays up but altcoins go up and then come down. people are calling them pump and dumps for this reason! it is not just some term they use for no reason.

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To me, this is a no-brainer. Even some merchants and vendors have dumped Bitcoin in favor of other cryptos. Most know of the STEAM example.

So why are so many on this forum not switching? Most of you would be in a position to get in before the crypto ignorant (new investors) start piling in fresh cash.

as i pointed out above.

https://coinmarketcap.com/all/views/all/#

Note the same parabolic gain curves on several coins in the top 20 when compared to BTC...many very recently. These coins have not come down either...as you can check for yourself. As I said in a reply to another bug.lady, I agree with the ETH issues. Let's focus on the others that have yet to demonstrate issues.