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Opinion
Samani: XRP, Cardano, Litecoin, and Bitcoin Cash are garbage lacking substance
“I mean, look, there's a lot of assets in the top 10 that most people who are sophisticated retail market participants view as, you know, garbage, XRP, Cardano, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash, etc. I cannot explain to you how those assets are trading nine, 10 figures a…”
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Lee: Bitcoin will be store of value while Litecoin handles payments
“Pretty much, Bitcoin is going to be the best store of value, and Litecoin being faster, more nimble, will be, and also have cheaper fees, will be better used for transactions as a payment method.”
Prediction Partly held up
Lee: ICO crash will trigger capital flight to Bitcoin and Litecoin
“I think there will be a slight to quality. So people would Sell their tokens for Ether, and potentially sell their Ether for Bitcoin. So, it would crash a lot of the ICO tokens, a lot of the altcoins, but I think it would be good for the stronger currencies ou…”
Insight
Lee: Whole-coin misconception led retail investors to buy Litecoin over Bitcoin
“Biggest misconception, I guess it would be that people would think, You have to buy one whole Bitcoin or one whole Litecoin. People then realize you can actually buy, like, a small portion of a Bitcoin. I guess that helped Litecoin in some sense, where people …”
Assertion Supported
Lee: Litecoin has four times the block space of Bitcoin
“It has four times the block space. So right now it scales better than Bitcoin and transactions are faster.”
Insight
Lee: Dissatisfied crypto users prefer joining other tokens over forking
“Like, Litecoin hasn't experienced any kind of pressure to fork. I think there are so many other cryptos out there, so if you disagree with the direction of a crypto, it's always easier for you to just join another crypto community.”
Assertion Supported
Lee: Litecoin activated SegWit months ahead of Bitcoin in 2017
“So, for example, Litecoin was able to activate SegWit back in April, May of this year, whereas it took to August before Bitcoin activated SegWit.”