In some exchanges, ethereum's price is $178
I know you wrote this a few months ago, but I thought I'd quote it since ETH is currently just under $200 and hasn't gone up like a lot of folks thought it would have by now--and yeah, it hasn't been all that long since this thread was started, but I think bitcoin has done a lot better than ETH and most other altcoins.
I've never been a hater of ETH, but I'd be way more into it if it goes proof-of-stake, which rumors say it's going to do. That's a feature which has made me a big fan of NEO, but I don't think NEO has as much of a future as ETH does, nor is it as popular.
ethereum has become a mandatory coin owned by anyone who is in crypto
I tend to agree, though I'm into crypto and only own an amount of ETH that most people would consider dust. I probably should buy some more, but I just can't get myself enthusiastic enough about it to make the purchase.