Flippening
a.k.a. The flippening
The hypothetical moment when Ethereum's market cap overtakes Bitcoin's.
In plain English
The hypothetical moment when Ethereum's market cap overtakes Bitcoin's.
The flippening is crypto shorthand for a long-debated "what if": the day Ethereum's market cap flips above Bitcoin's and Bitcoin loses the top spot it has always held.
Some Ethereum fans see it as inevitable; Bitcoin fans see it as wishful thinking. People track the ETH/BTC ratio and Bitcoin dominance to see how close it's getting. The word is now used loosely for any rival overtaking a leader.
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