I have seen more and more news articles treating ETH with language that says it is not an altcoin. They will say BTC and ETH, and then they will handle altcoins like a separate category that does not include ETH. Do you agree with this designation and what do you think caused the change?

  • ArdabilEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Public sentiment? It’s in line with what many people on r/CryptoCurrency seem to believe these days. They want a heuristic for what’s safe to buy during a bear market, and a popular one is ‘BTC and ETH are the two blue chips, everything else will fade away.’

  • goatmealOPEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Another language thing I’m seeing them doing that I don’t like is they will say “BTC and crypto.” That’s just stupid. It’s like saying “drugs and alcohol.”

  • swnt@diggit.xyzEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I am not sure I really noticed this.

    My impression was that most people who’ve heard of Bitcoin also have heard of ethereum (and also Dogecoin). However, in terms of popularity among non-crypto the next coin/project is much less know I think

  • Yoldark@vlemmy.netEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Yep i agree. I think the POS change and more adoption did the trick. Also Eth has more to give to the cryptosphere than other altcoins.