Agreed with your statement as well as It has been long too. Ether was keep gaining trust by time and no doubts it now become potential enough for future. Now market isn’t seems good but i expect soon altcoin like ether, will be back on track & increase its demand among everyone. It will be always preference as best investment option. I know it still has many challenges and difficulties but that will be solve by time and will go ahead
What is being attacked now is not Ethereum, but Bitcoin, well when Bitcoin becomes the main attack by some people at this time then any Altcoin will be very difficult to increase its demand and get back on the right track, because this is something that no one expected at the time.
Keeping aside Bitcoin and the passion for it around the world, its going to be ETH when spoken of another crypto coin besides Bitcoin. Yes, since BTC started booming in the industry, it was ETH (etherium) outspoken with the crypto investors though it was not outspoken in the market. But when Ethernet was introduced and low fees was charged for transacting via its network, it started gaining its market. But yes now we have other best networks charging less transaction fees. But still Ethernet is going to be the mother of all existing network I would say.