As of February, Bitcoin transaction fees are up 1289% since March 2015 as Bitcoin transaction volume in 2017 approximates $250 million per day or about $180,000 per minute. That represents a 55% increase over 2016 and 173% over 2015. Bitcoin has added $10B to its market cap over the last year and currently processes three transactions per second. For Bitcoin users, as trade volume increases the very factors that have caused the volume to be so high; low transaction fees at high speeds will begin to decline. That's where Litecoin comes into play. It offers the same stability as Bitcoin with a smaller blocksize essentially making it the silver to Bitcoin's gold. Although many will argue the superiority of smart contracts or many other features of altcoins there will always be a huge market, especially in countries with unstable currencies, for a private, stable and easily transferrable asset. As we see instability increase in the world along with the rapid increase in cryptocurrency volume people will flock to Litecoin, and with a market cap of only 1.5 billion there is huge upside potential for Litecoin.
