I don't understand why so many people see ethereum as a competitor to bitcoin. One has a purpose of utilizing smart contracts and building on it's blockchain through those, where bitcoin was made it was made to be used as a currency. So it kinda drives me a little bonkers when I see it, like on that HBO documentary that came out not too long ago. I couldn't even watch the last like 20mns because of how much bull shit was being spewed out.
People compare the two because they're the two biggest cryptocurrency and people like to compare things whether it makes sense to compare them or not. Ethereum and Bitcoin are different and aren't a competition to each other, Ethereum won't have existed without the success of Bitcoin hence Ethereum owes all its success to Bitcoin. Bitcoin is always going to be the boss of not only Ethereum but for the rest of the market because everything follows the direction of Bitcoin. .
Bitcoin is a currency and not a smart contract like Ethereum so people should stop trying to turn Bitcoin into a utility token like Ethereum. Every coin should be fine doing what they were invented for. Bitcoin is leading the popularity through adoption as a currency and Ethereum is doing that as a utility coin.