so why not go for even faster speeds if that is what you wanted, there is plenty out there that will out do ltc in speed and security wise.
LTC is worthless without pumps.
Pump is the only way for it to go up in price, not the technology, now that just sounds silly.
What can Litecoin do that Darkcoin can't?
Trick question they both can't do anything BTC can't.
I see confirmation time as one of the big drawbacks of BTC. I don't want to wait 30-ish minutes for 3 confirmations. That's too long when other forms of payment can be processed in seconds.
edit:Another thing is that almost all new guys coming into the crypto revolution will do research upon investing big $$. what will happen is that they will see that ltc is getting old and its not providing new innovation and other competitions are rising. what is the logical way to invest?
In fact i would say most new guys would not invest in LTC. thats why you end up with price that is dropping and dropping because of bag holders loosing interest and jumping on new innovations.
seriously LTC is exactly like myspace before Facebook comes online!