The Ethereum community chose the most viable alternatives via a Twitter poll posted by Vitalik Buterin
Russian-Canadian programmer Vitalik Buterin has taken to Twitter to determine which cryptocurrency the Ethereum community sees as the most viable alternative.
He asked his 3.1 million followers which currency, other than ETH, would most likely become the primary means of payment and store of value in 13 years.
If not us, then who?
With over 401,000 votes, Bitcoin has a commanding lead in Buterin’s first poll. After briefly appearing at the top, Cardano came in second place with a 29.4% share of the vote. Solana, which recently emerged as the top “Ethereum killer,” is in third place (14%). Only 7% of the respondents were reasonable enough to predict that the U.S. dollar would remain the world’s leading currency in 2035.
A separate poll, which drew over 147,000 votes, put Binance Coin in the lead with a 39% vote share. Tron comes second, followed by Neo.
Many communities started shilling their own projects in reply to Buterin. The Dogecoin co-founder also pitched his meme coin in the comments. As reported by U.Today, Tesla officially started accepting DOGE for some products earlier today, which resulted in a 17% price increase.
While Ethereum generated stellar returns last year, some analysts, including JPMorgan’s Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou, say the coin meme could continue to lose market share this year due to its scaling issues.
Buterin was evidently in a self-deprecating mood based on his Twitter activity. The Ethereum co-founder recently asked Twitter users to send him the most unhinged examples of criticism against him. The billionaire recalled how he was once called “an alien crackhead.”
Users also started sharing the most popular memes with Buterin.
