Ethereum is one of the most likely favorite altcoin for some long-term investors. They have had great returns on this investment despite the fact that ETH is no better than bitcoin in many ways.
Ethereum unlocked a lot of user cases that were not possible to do on bitcoin without breaking the core functions of the network. Ethereum introduced smart contract to blockchain by allowing the development and execution of smart contract on the blockchain. Which made it possible to have use cases like:
And more. I love bitcoin a lot, However ethereum is one of the few projects that are actually pushing the bounds of blockchain and crypto.