Hoping you don't mind a question on this. I am still somewhat new to crypto and haven't been able to figure this out. Given the high cost of transferring Bitcoin compared to the other coins, and it seems only good as a currency compared to many of the others, why is it still the coin the others are measured by? It would seem something like Ethereum would replace it since it is cheaper, faster and has more applications from what I understand.

Any insight you can share would be greatly appreciated. I have been using Ethereum as my trading coin because of the reasons stated above and can't figure out why everyone isn't doing the same.