Today, most of the top altcoins are more efficient or usable than Bitcoin. Ripple is venturing into Bitcoin's space as a base currency at a faster rate than other cryptos. Many leading exchanges such as DCEX and Unocoin in India have expressed their intent to incorporate Ripple as their base currency, and some have moved towards implementing it.
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