Of course right now.
Think about it for a second. Cat doesn't have nearly as many coins and is riding the insane hype of Dogecoin.
But once the hype is gone and the coins have to survive on their real world applications, Earthcoin will thrive in the marketplace due to the amazing efforts of the developers and EAC community that is growing by leaps and bounds, daily. EAC is being accepted at business. It isn't some novelty. While Cat...well, how many businesses do you think are going to transact on cat money?