I have never understood why 99% of all of crypto fails to understand Litecoin.
Even theymos himself called it a clone of Bitcoin which is retarded.
You'd think he of all people would get it.
I corrected him on a topic in the altcoin section recently and he nothing to say in return.
..because he KNOWS I AM RIGHT 100%
Everybody in crypto loves to insult Litecoin but it deserves its props.
It managed to get more real world adoption than all other shitcoins combined ever in crypto history.
It was created for a real reason.. not just to slap a meme icon gif / jpeg on it and pump it and dump it.
It was created to solve a mining problem with honest and sincere intentions.
If anything Litecoin is simply an "alternative" to Bitcoin.
Litecoin (and Doge and Ethereum and Monero) are being dismissed because there is a genuine chance that in the midst of the BTC/BCH shenannigans, people will switch to one of them to actually move money and do business.
We're already seeing this in action - people in the scrypt mining pools electing to get paid in litecoin or another alt, to avoid fees. People who earn Steem switching it directly to Litecoin which they can change into fiat, thereby by-passing bitcoin altogether. It's happening. The number of exchanges allowing alts to be traded for fiat directly is also mushrooming.