True WildShark, I didn't take into account staking or masternode income. I would need to know the Masternode counts for each month, and estimate from there. I did take a WAG and just used current monthly amounts, so this is WAY off and completely inaccurate, but fun to see how it would compare. I am not going to try and put this in a table.

   1/1/2017   Purchase $   # Coins   12 mth MN Rewards   Total Coins   Price Each 12/31/2017   Value 12/31/2017
BTC   963.06    $5,400           5.61   5.61                   $13,882.20   $77,839.26
ION     0.27    $5,400    20000.00   8687   28687.00   $3.22   $92,372.14

With this completely inaccurate portrayal, Ion beats BTC with Masternode income. This is not purchase advice, just a wild projection on my part.