| feature\coin | ETH | LTC |
| Decentralized | No | Yes |
| Premine | Yes | No |
| had ICO | Yes (70 million) | No |
| Active developement | meh | Yes but mostly copy from BTC |
| Has/had serious bugs | Yes, many | No |
| Is market manipulated | Yes heavily | Yes |
| Supply | very huge | large |
| Cap | No! | Yes |
| cheap transactions | No | Yes |
| Fast transactions | only if network is not congested! | yes always |