Just curious. I consider myself to be pretty skeptical of the long term "revolutionary" effects of cryptocurrencies (aka virtual currencies, digital assets, etc.) over the long haul; that said, I have difficulty imagining it disappearing entirely.<p>Even Beanie Babies still exist, they just aren't worth much.<p>So where do you see "crypto," to the extent that can be a monolithic term, in 10 years? 20? 50? I'll hazard some serious, but somewhat intentionally cheeky, predictions:<p>10: ETH has overtaken BTC, accounts for most of the market cap in crypto. Like IE 5.5.<p>20: Difficulty here, I want to say I imagine it is all gone entirely in favor of ... something else. There is a great exodus of money from crypto to that "something else" over a period of 5-7 years. Lots of stories about how "BTC has a market cap of just $1m now, at its peak it was $1t" etc.<p>50: LaserDisc era. There are enthusiasts still MLMing coins to each other. Most weren't alive during the BTC heyday and are essentially larping.
> 10: ETH has overtaken BTC, accounts for most of the market cap in crypto. Like IE 5.5.<p>Possibly. It may not be ETH (It's very likely), but BTC will be overtaken by market cap.<p>All I will say is that in 10 years time, this industry will slowly but surely be regulated, and tons of useless shitcoins, memecoins, etc will wither away.