I think we have to be careful with Ether though. They are coming up with a slightly better platform that's going to be utilized by the soft forks of ETH.
One thing ETH has going for it, are the ERC20 tokens. Making it possible to get involved with many different ICO's. One of my favorites being FiCoin.
ETH is a staple though for sure!
I agree. Everything that is built on top or derived from Ether is going to be cool. I like how you have put it and I agree with you.