One of the earliest altcoins, Litecoin found inspiration in the OG Bitcoin and its codebase, which helped it create a network with lower transaction fees and faster transaction confirmations, among other things. Some people call Litecoin the "silver to Bitcoin's gold", and developers themselves call the network and its native coin the future of money. Are they all being too dramatic, or is it really a case of "I think my love as rare as any she belied with false compare"? You can decide yourself by looking at our chart — it displays LTC dominance, the ratio of its market cap to the overall crypto market cap. Watching how it changed over time might give an idea of what will happen next.