Assess the prospects of bitcoin, it is necessary in terms of the possibilities of its network, such as commissions and speed. But, the Ethereum crypto currency has a different set of characteristics by which it needs to be evaluated. The future of the Ether depends on the speed of development of its competitors, such as Cardano, and the success of the startups already started on its platform.

But, in comparison with bitcoin and other altcoyins, Ether has one advantage. Demand for it is constantly supported, thanks to a number of ICOs selling their tokens based on the ERC20 protocol, which can only be purchased for the Ether.

Last year, 2017, was a boom for raising funds through the Initial Coin Offer. Most of the projects that conducted fundraising in 2017, this year set themselves the goal to start. Accordingly, we will observe increased attention to everything that is based on the blockbuster Ethereum.