I used to only check ETH in dollars. Green day, feel good. Red day, feel bad. Took me way too long to realize that's half the story.

Quick numbers from CoinGecko daily closes. Around Sep 23 ETH was near $2,750 and ETH/BTC was about 0.032. Today ETH is around $2,345 and the ratio is about 0.029. So ETH is down roughly 15% in dollars while BTC is down about 7% over the same stretch. A good chunk of that drop is ETH losing ground to BTC, not just the whole market being red.

Why I started caring:

• If you hold both, the ratio shows which one is actually dragging your bag
• A green ETH day can still be a losing day vs BTC
• It's a calmer way to answer "is ETH weak or is everything weak"

Not saying the ratio predicts anything. It's been grinding down for a long time with some sharp bounces in between, and people have called the bottom on it a hundred times. I just stopped looking at the dollar chart alone.

Do you track ETH/BTC at all? And if you do, is there a level where you'd actually change what you hold, or is it more of a mood check?

Hey everyone,

I’ve been completely inactive for the last year, and coming back to r/ethtrader feels like walking into a ghost town. The activity, post volume, and general discussion levels are drastically lower than they used to be.

Did some terrible new rules get implemented while I was gone? Or did issues with the mods drive the community away? It feels like people are actively staying out of this sub now.

Can someone give me a brief report or breakdown of what exactly went down here over the last 12 months? I want to know what changed so we can get this place active again.

Thanks!