im not an altcoin guy but im suddenly interested , as i can see on coinmarketcap there is ripple just after bitcoin then after it litecoin and ethereum , still isee a lotof people speaking about ethereum more then they do about ripple i just checked the website on ethereum and for some reasons i didn't understand anything , can't even find an executable file to download and if it's on beta will people lose their ether later (that's if they are storing them anywhere)
I truly believe that these two platforms will truly become a bridge from conventional systems and digital economies in the future, even though both have different focus. But of course the potential price of a crypto will be influenced by many variables, including liquidity, long-term plans, products produced, development teams, even FUDs. And when comparing the two at the moment, I think Ethereum will still have more potential for the next 1-2 years, while Ripple will probably start to grow very large in the longer term.