Transferring Bitcoin on 12/21/17 costs a significant amount of money. To send $182 costs $32.23. This is a 15% fee and is unacceptable for any financial transaction which wants to supplant other forms of currency or asset classes. Meanwhile, sending $564 worth of Litecoin costs $1.48. Test out the numbers by opening your Coinbase Bitcoin or Litecoin wallet and clicking send. As far as transaction costs, litecoin is winning.
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