Agreed, I have noted that too in my writings.

Btw, I probably contributed to the launch of the Litecoin price rise. Go see my postings in the Problem With Altcoins thread in early November. I slayed the notion of lock-in for Bitcoin. After that, Litecoin took off. I dunno  

Also see my postings in the How to Hedge Against Bitcoin Collapse thread right before LTC blasted off.

All in Economics subforum.

Note the altcoins will likely be more volatile and many people will get burned badly.