I'm at least happy they didn't select bcash, which would be an utter waste. I still cringe when people say they are more bullish on bcash than Bitcoin. There is nothing bullish about bcash at all.

It's just as slow or fast as Bitcoin, but far more centralized. It's not good on-chain money and it never will be. Litecoin on the other hand is excellent on-chain money. Cheap and fast confirmations is all you need.

If you discard the stress testing transactions (it's a thing apparently) of bcash, Litecoin processes more transactions on a daily basis. Why? Because it's far better on-chain money.

Also, Litecoin does it without BitPay support and without hype. Imagine if BitPay would support Litecoin......