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Converting from Bitcoin to an ERC20 token. Bitcoin is going to die; Ethereum is the future.


Even if Ethereum becomes wildly successful and attains the majority of the market share, it could very well result in Bitcoin's absolute value and usage increasing.


How does it help Ethereum users to have a different currency, BAT tokens, bloating up Ethereum's blockchain?


Ethereum is a platform. The more assets use it, the more they can interoperate, and thus the more useful and valuable the platform becomes.


The different currency is the Ethereum users. That's what Ethereum is for, stuff like this.




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