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 been almost 5 years since this thread was created and faced with the choice of XRP and BTC, I'll chose BTC over XRP a 100 times over. With the recent price movements of XRP, it's same to say it's just a pump and dump coin. Also, imagine how much the price of BTC has gained in comparison to XRP, it goes to show that BTC is a better mode of payments