Could Ripple XRP replace bitcoin before it is widely accepted?
If ripple allows users to send money instantly and almost fee free, with a pretty and easy to use UI.
Plenty of money to burn on advertising and reputation building.
Business and Financial connections likely to get them accepted on large merchant sites.
Why would the average person have any interest in Bitcoin?
More important could Ripple become controlled by business or government?
I'm not suggesting any of this is fact.
Just wanna hear the opinions of people that actually know stuff.
It is very possible for government to play with ripple prices or something else, because a government action can affect the community and this matter can trigger the coin-coin price ,,
But there are also governments that are not one destination with the community, usually the government that is not used as a role model for the community, usually the country does not use democratic governance.