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Is Ripple seriously in the running to be the next Bitcoin? So many articles I read, news reports I watch, talk as if it is.

The company that started it holds half of them. Who (outsite of Ripple Labs) can honestly say that sounds like a good idea?

Not really, it appears Ripple is just hiring PR firms and lobbyists (like one of the women at the Senate hearings: https://twitter.com/jerrybrito/status/402918026968039425)