I guess you can count me in one of the "lucky" ones as I picked up ETH at $14 each on average almost a year ago. What it is is an advancement on bitcoins blockchain, bitcoin saw its flaws and ETH was there to correct them in their version. What it really has going for it is the ability to addapt and change unlike bitcoin which is really struggling at the moment. So perhaps that image is showing something else.

The calculator being set to do one thing, it cant do anything else but crunch numbers. 

ETH at the iphone can do many things with apps but can still crunch numbers and change its product line to become better and better. 

Now those statements to me would make sense when looking at this picture.

In principle, in a couple of years another token may appear, which is much superior to both bitcoin and etherium.

I think it's impossible to compare Bitcoin and Ethereum as they were made with different purposes: Bitcoin was originally intended as a sort of _electronic cash_ while Ethereum was meant to be a network where run _smart contracts_ and decentralised _apps_. I think Bitcoin and Ethereum can work together.

I am Fairly new to this Game, so I will look at it from the Perspective of my very limited developing economy nation. Bitcoin simply represents a new direction in the Monetary system and perhaps a whole new system, and Etherium among others represent different branches coming out of the thinking introduced by the New System Bitcoin. As such Bitcoin is the first and the most substantial and reliable and will continue to be the benchmark in my opinion, if there are limitations to Bitcoin they will be addressed in the same way that credit Cards sought to address the limitations of Cash but as of yet have not replaced it for many reasons. I also opine that the more tokens that come out aside from Bitcoin, the more diminished the New Thinking becomes and the Further it goes from what Newbies like me perceive as an organized system, in this Entropy will help Bitcoin and will lead to sustained victory. @dlina-v-metrah that last part, what do you think the effects of so many will be?

ETH is the second most popular coin right now. People who had invested early are making great profits. I heard that last year it was about 20 USD and now it has crossed the 300 USD mark. 

I am hoping it will go beyond 500 USD mark by the end of this year. 

What do you say? Will it reach $500 by the end of this year?

Have seen similar pic showing FB STEEMIT and LBRY hahah  

https://steemit.com/lbry/@jonipilo/lbry-last-release

I don't use a calculator app on my phone or PC, I just use Google as it's quicker to just type the calculation into the search box than to bash out the equation on a calculator or an app.

As for Ethereum being the most promising under development, I think EOS looks far more interesting.

Its like comparing apples and oranges , btc and ethereum have different applications!

A great insight

This is funny, but it stops there. Any link with reality :)

I think the person meant that smartphones give you access to Apps or Ethereum gives you access to DAPPs, problem is when the first smartphones came out there were not many Apps, same for Ethereum now.

The metaphor of the image is forced as hell.  For Ethereum to really become the app platform of the future, they need to make development resources more readily available.

There are some problems with comparing Bitcoin to Ethereum. In general, it is too early in the game to say which is a better cryptocurrency. I argue they are different technologies. In Bitcoin, the currency is the whole thing. In Ethereum, ether is the fuel that provides energy for the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM). While they are both technically cryptocurrencies, they serve different functions. Bitcoin is a rock solid crytocurrency devoted solely to that function. On the other hand, Ethereum smart contracts etc. make it possible to use the blockchain technology for many different purposes.

Bitcoin beats Ethereum only as a crytocurrency because it is proven, has not been hacked and does the job well, all things considered. Ethereum beats Bitcoin as a versatile blockchain technology. While it does have a cryptocurrency side to it, Ethereum is competing in so many areas that Bitcoin can't even begin to operate in. PoS is still controversial which casts some doubt on the success of Ethereum as a cryptocurrency, but Ethereum smart contracts are a simple, proven reality.

My take on it is that there is room for all kinds of smartmoney in the future. We have not begun to imagine what the future holds for us in the crypto arena. While Bitcoin and Ethereum may compete for money on some level, they really work hand it hand in the big picture.
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