I really don't understand on what capacity does Ripple stand as a rival to Bitcoin. Its rather amusing to see the post. Ripple is still far behind the reach of Bitcoin and may never get their till the end of time. Bitcoin is the unrivaled king of cryptocurrency and that has been since the inception of the industry.
Ripple does not have the task of necessarily overtaking bitcoin or taking its place. Both currencies can exist together and create a competitive market for each other, and thus increase the interest and value of each other. There is no sense that one of them would replace each other-the more coins there are, the more stable the market.