IDG Contributor Network: Is Ethereum’s smart contract dominance being eroded?

Even as bitcoin commands the limelight and headlines thanks to its meteoric rise in price and disproportionate volatility, other cryptocurrencies have quietly shown themselves to have more real-world applicability. Despite its popularity, bitcoin has not fully utilized the technology that makes it possible—blockchain—the way some of its competitors have.Ethereum, for example, has carved itself a niche in the market thanks to its underlying infrastructure and use of smart contracts,