No matter how much Ripple plans to kill Bitcoin I don't think their plans will succeed. If Ripple plans to kill Bitcoin, Ripple itself will die in return. From the current position of Bitcoin, I can tell who is dying by distinguishing between the position of Bitcoin and the position of Ripple(XRP). Ripple(XRP) is slowly losing popularity despite being the top currency. People don't want to be with Ripple (XRP) anymore. And how will people hold on to this Ripple (XRP) if there is no increase in their price.