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Flippening Watch (Ethereum has almost overtaken Bitcoin in every metric)

78 points by mbgaxyz 9y ago

kuschkufan 9y ago
This is a very interesting approach for displaying a table in a responsive design layout. Not very readable though, I'm afraid. :) https://i.imgur.com/0xdPgSc.png https://i.imgur.com/0xdPgSc.png
- Grangar 9y ago
  Also, the table is responsive but the ad still stretches the page. And I'm not sure how 'responsive' just hiding content is. I still prefer the paginated table. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
  - SippinLean 9y ago
    > I'm not sure how 'responsive' just hiding content is Correct, this is not responsive, but adaptive
- bhaak 9y ago
  That looks somehow broken. What device are you using? In Firefox, if I make the window smaller, and on my smartphone they look identical. They just hide the Bitcoin and Ethereum columns. For a few ways on how to do responsive tables, have a look at this page https://elvery.net/demo/responsive-tables/ https://elvery.net/demo/responsive-tables/ I like the "no more tables" approach.
  - AstralStorm 9y ago
    Great, now you cannot access half the content on the phone? (Flipping it is just annoying.) This is the opposite of a good design.
    - bhaak 9y ago
      Tables are notoriously unfit for small displays. Hiding unnecessary columns is a trade-off for the smaller screen. In this case, I'd say it's okay as the absolute numbers are not that important and the relative numbers are the important information.
seahonky 9y ago
derp http://nakamotoinstitute.org/mempool/why-the-bitcoin-dominance-index-is-deceiving/ http://nakamotoinstitute.org/mempool/why-the-bitcoin-dominan...
- kombucha2 9y ago
  Very interesting read.
Frogolocalypse 9y ago
Except you know... people using it for what it is designed for. A really good read.
arcaster 9y ago
They should add a benchmark for nominal time for tx finality & tx price for some amount of USD.
Philosopher 9y ago
What do you think it will happen? Once Bitcoin is dethroned, will other cryptocurrencies overtake it as well? I think the answer is "yes". The first mover advantage is all it had over other cryptocurrencies.
- nugget 9y ago
  Once ETH overtakes BTC I think BTC will start to crash and the resulting panic will (ironically) take down ETH and most other coins and tokens as well, starting the third great crypto bear market. Keep in mind trading volume is heavily manipulated by insiders (especially for ETH) but price is what the public watches. Now let's wait and see what happens.
  - serhei 9y ago
    The real metric to watch (but the hardest to get) is "number of users" and particularly "number of users doing things other than buying coins/tokens in hope of capital gains".
    - modo_ 9y ago
      I've had the same thought. The best analog I've come up with is searching Github for Ethereum vs. Bitcoin. The numbers (repos / loc / wikis ) are pretty strong for Ethereum compared to other coins excluding Bitcoin -- it would be interesting to plot them over time. Have you found any other ways to watch this metric?
      - someSven 9y ago
        The whole approach is biased in favor of etherum from the start, since bitcoin is not a smart contract system.
FrozenVoid 9y ago
Bitcoin network is going to split at end of summer, driving uncertainty in its future value. The SegWit proposal does not have universal support. Some mining groups are advocating a hard fork, some advocate soft fork, many even want it to remain as is. https://blog.bitmain.com/en/uahf-contingency-plan-uasf-bip148/ https://blog.bitmain.com/en/uahf-contingency-plan-uasf-bip14... https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/why-viabtc-rejects-segwit-soft-fork-in-favor-of-block-size-hard-fork-interview-with-haipo-yang-1479409475/ https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/why-viabtc-rejects-segw... http://www.uasf.co/ http://www.uasf.co/ http://www.coindesk.com/bip-148-segwit2x-bitcoin-scaling-compromise-might-not-easy/ http://www.coindesk.com/bip-148-segwit2x-bitcoin-scaling-com... https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/beginners-guide-surviving-coin-split/ https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/beginners-guide-survivi...

78 points by mbgaxyz 9y ago

This is a very interesting approach for displaying a table in a responsive design layout. Not very readable though, I'm afraid. :) https://i.imgur.com/0xdPgSc.png https://i.imgur.com/0xdPgSc.png

Grangar 9y ago
Also, the table is responsive but the ad still stretches the page. And I'm not sure how 'responsive' just hiding content is. I still prefer the paginated table. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- SippinLean 9y ago
  > I'm not sure how 'responsive' just hiding content is Correct, this is not responsive, but adaptive
bhaak 9y ago
That looks somehow broken. What device are you using? In Firefox, if I make the window smaller, and on my smartphone they look identical. They just hide the Bitcoin and Ethereum columns. For a few ways on how to do responsive tables, have a look at this page https://elvery.net/demo/responsive-tables/ https://elvery.net/demo/responsive-tables/ I like the "no more tables" approach.
- AstralStorm 9y ago
  Great, now you cannot access half the content on the phone? (Flipping it is just annoying.) This is the opposite of a good design.
  - bhaak 9y ago
    Tables are notoriously unfit for small displays. Hiding unnecessary columns is a trade-off for the smaller screen. In this case, I'd say it's okay as the absolute numbers are not that important and the relative numbers are the important information.

seahonky 9y ago

derp http://nakamotoinstitute.org/mempool/why-the-bitcoin-dominance-index-is-deceiving/ http://nakamotoinstitute.org/mempool/why-the-bitcoin-dominan...

kombucha2 9y ago
Very interesting read.

Frogolocalypse 9y ago

Except you know... people using it for what it is designed for. A really good read.

arcaster 9y ago

They should add a benchmark for nominal time for tx finality & tx price for some amount of USD.

Philosopher 9y ago

What do you think it will happen? Once Bitcoin is dethroned, will other cryptocurrencies overtake it as well? I think the answer is "yes". The first mover advantage is all it had over other cryptocurrencies.

nugget 9y ago
Once ETH overtakes BTC I think BTC will start to crash and the resulting panic will (ironically) take down ETH and most other coins and tokens as well, starting the third great crypto bear market. Keep in mind trading volume is heavily manipulated by insiders (especially for ETH) but price is what the public watches. Now let's wait and see what happens.
- serhei 9y ago
  The real metric to watch (but the hardest to get) is "number of users" and particularly "number of users doing things other than buying coins/tokens in hope of capital gains".
  - modo_ 9y ago
    I've had the same thought. The best analog I've come up with is searching Github for Ethereum vs. Bitcoin. The numbers (repos / loc / wikis ) are pretty strong for Ethereum compared to other coins excluding Bitcoin -- it would be interesting to plot them over time. Have you found any other ways to watch this metric?
    - someSven 9y ago
      The whole approach is biased in favor of etherum from the start, since bitcoin is not a smart contract system.

FrozenVoid 9y ago

Bitcoin network is going to split at end of summer, driving uncertainty in its future value. The SegWit proposal does not have universal support. Some mining groups are advocating a hard fork, some advocate soft fork, many even want it to remain as is. https://blog.bitmain.com/en/uahf-contingency-plan-uasf-bip148/ https://blog.bitmain.com/en/uahf-contingency-plan-uasf-bip14... https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/why-viabtc-rejects-segwit-soft-fork-in-favor-of-block-size-hard-fork-interview-with-haipo-yang-1479409475/ https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/why-viabtc-rejects-segw... http://www.uasf.co/ http://www.uasf.co/ http://www.coindesk.com/bip-148-segwit2x-bitcoin-scaling-compromise-might-not-easy/ http://www.coindesk.com/bip-148-segwit2x-bitcoin-scaling-com... https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/beginners-guide-surviving-coin-split/ https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/beginners-guide-survivi...