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NewbieActivity: 44Merit: 0 Litecoin v. Bitcoin January 11, 2015, 12:05:39 AM #1 I am so confused.



What is better? Which one do you guys recommend more?



Thank you for your time

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Sr. MemberActivity: 406Merit: 250 Re: Litecoin v. Bitcoin January 11, 2015, 12:08:13 AM #3 It appears that Litecoin's days are all but numbered. At least bitcoin still has a strong community and development/utility. I would not touch LTC with a 10 foot pole right now.

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LegendaryActivity: 1694Merit: 1003 Re: Litecoin v. Bitcoin January 11, 2015, 12:19:58 AM #4





Quote from: Melbustus on February 15, 2014, 11:42:02 PM ...there's little reason for litecoin to exist.



Litecoin is the same as bitcoin, without the first-mover advantage, network effects, mindshare, or infrastructure. At best, it *may* offer some sort of vague "insurance" blockchain against bitcoin's (but that's a pretty weak argument, given that, especially as we saw this week, issues in bitcoin are likely to be mirrored in all derivative alts). I'd say best case, ltc value caps at 1/40th bitcoin's (1/4 from the supply size, and then minus an order of magnitude for all the above reasons).



Note I said best case. Most likely, I think, far less. Litecoin in the past could be held up as "interesting" by people who didn't think particularly well/deeply about the space, while there weren't many other alts out there. Now that there are, it's clear that even things like Dogecoin have the potential to unseat LTC as the alt princess of the day. At least Doge is a fascinating exercise in internet viral marketing.



Ultimately I think we'll see next-gen alts that truly offer unique capabilities steal first-gen alt's thunder.



Each new, even slightly successful, alt likely takes market-share from the existing derivative alts more than anything else, and for the time being, with litecoin as the highest capitalized alt, it has the most to lose.





Well, I wrote the following almost a year ago. I'd say it holds true more than ever these days: Bitcoin is the first monetary system to credibly offer perfect information to all economic participants.

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LegendaryActivity: 1371Merit: 1011 Re: Litecoin v. Bitcoin January 11, 2015, 12:42:27 AM #6



It is also better for small payments because a dollar value of 2 results in less fractional payments. 1 Coffee costs around 1 LTC but 0.0066 BTC LTC confirms faster and has a relatively strong infrastructure behind it, too.It is also better for small payments because a dollar value of 2 results in less fractional payments. 1 Coffee costs around 1 LTC but 0.0066 BTC Truth is the new hatespeech.

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Sr. MemberActivity: 448Merit: 250 Re: Litecoin v. Bitcoin January 11, 2015, 01:52:05 AM #8 No doubt it's btc here as it is virtually the first crypto which everyone knows about and it becomes the standard benchmark when comparing among cryptocurrencies. Also look and compare on the size of community. It's the number of support from the community that makes it strong. Renewable Energy Source

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LegendaryActivity: 1120Merit: 1000 Re: Litecoin v. Bitcoin January 11, 2015, 03:09:05 AM #10 Litecoin has no innovation related to BTC. And no market acceptance;



Bitcoin has some chance of bigger recovery, but I doubt LItecoin will ever recover