Although the world is centralized, that's not a guarantee that centralized products and/or services will survive. Companies rise and fall over time, paving the way for others to take over. XRP is no exception. Especially when it's backed by a centralized entity. What if Ripple, Inc. (the company) goes bankrupt or experiences a government crackdown? Then it will be the end of XRP for good.
With Bitcoin, it's a different story. That's because there's no centralized entity or person behind it. Anyone can become part of the network and support it for as long as they want to. In other words, there's no single point of failure. You don't see BTC concentrated in the hands of a single corporation. Neither you see BTC nodes concentrated within a single region. Nodes are geographically-distributed around the world, while the circulating supply is in the hands of the people. It's almost impossible to shut it down. That's why I believe BTC will last, while XRP will fade away into oblivion. Bow should I know? The future is unpredictable, so expect the unexpected.
That's right, and it is so sad how deep misinformation and naivety of people go. There are those that have been fooled to believe that XPR is like Bitcoin or even superior to Bitcoin when in reality all it takes is 1 aggressive move by the US government to nuke the company, the founders, the blockchain and everything around it. This is why I am against the inclusion of centralized projects such as this on on trackers like Coingecko. They are making it seem that these projects are related or similar in some sense, further fueling this false perception and causing damage.