Ethereum still has good potential to be a profitable coin, I'm sure that the price of ethereum can go up to 10x someday and we will get big profits by being patient to buy and hold Ethereum.
Ethereum is always profitable currency , I will never trust this if i don't see potential of making double the value now in the next couple of years.
while bitcoin had already stablished the position for many years and still making insignificant climb every other years.
So yes Ethereum still Viable alternative to Bitcoin as what i believe.