Ask HN: What do you think about Litecoin?

[benhebert]

I've been tracking the other cryptocurrencies movement along with bitcoin and was wondering if you think Litecoin will be viable in the future?

Is Bitcoin gold and Litecoin silver? Or is there only room for one?

[rythmshifter]

I too am curious. I just recently looked into mining btc only to discover that its completely pointless due to FPGA farms. is mining litecoins and trading for btc worth it?