Instead of raging and screaming about some giant conspiratorial "well organized scheme" let's consider the fundamentals which differentiate Litecoin from Dash.
Litecoin is much older and has a more powerful/secure ASIC PoW network than Dash.
Litecoin is older than every coin except bitcoin that doesn't make it better. It does have a strong network, so does Dash. Monero on the other hand doesn't even have 1000 nodes. Litecoin keeps up to date with hot new features like SEGWIT, while Dash can't even keep up with RBF/CPFP and breaks simple yet crucial things like IPv6 compatibility.
SEGWIT is very controversial, and in bitcoin seems a long way off being accepted. Litecoin is using this hype as fuel for a pump. IPv6 is irrelevant at this time. Other than you I haven't seen anyone else mention it.Litecoin is going to have working payment channels like Lightning soon, thanks to SEGWIT. That means InstantX, Masternodes, and Evolution are obsolete digital trash.
Lightning Network would be even more controversial than segwit. It will harm mining. And with huge volumes of transactions being handled off chain by Lignting Network will make the whole point of the blockchain diminish. The big money elites will be delighted to be a step closer to achieving elimination of cash replaced by electronic money in their control via lightning networks. Litecoin's creator has DNA from MIT & Google, while Dash's has a sketchy background in finance and a 2 year mail-order degree in web marketing from University of Phoenix.
So what? Steve Jobs and Bill Gates dropped out of college. I could almost say that a degree is a hindrance. Certainly it encourages parrot like repetition of 'the mainstream' rather than original thinking. Litecoin's cobblee does not shill for and pump LTC; Dash's Duffield frequently advertises his project as a legitimate investment without disclosing the risks involved.
Evan is invested in the project. And wants it to succeed. Thanks to the instamine he was able to focus on it full time.Litecoin was not 20% Instamined in the first 2 days; Dash was. Litecoin never cut total emission to further enrich early miners; Dash did.
You can think of the instamine as a bit like an ICO. As already mentioned it enabled Evan to concentrate full time on the XCoin/Darkcoin/Dash project. Which we are all now benefiting from.Litecoin does not require trusted 3rd party security holes; Dash makes SlaveNode users the playthings of Masternode Ponzi participants.
This point doesn't make sense.Litecoin doesn't have to keep changing its name like a disgraced over-diluted pink sheet stock; Dash does.
Dash has evolved and its name has reflected that. Litecoin is still stuck as silver to bitcoin gold and will never be anything else. The segwit hype only proves that further. Litecoin is supported by Coinbase and Kraken; Dash is considered a scam and despised by most of the crypto community, and thus will never trade on those exchanges.
Those exchanges may well change their minds just as bitfinex did.Litecoin prioritizes technology over marketing; Dash does the opposite.
This couldn't be more wrong. Litecoin has done anything original except tweaking the bitcoin parameters? Dash has done more innovation than any other coin. The marketing is just a happy side effect of the budget system. Which is working supremely well. Litecoin has a bus factor >>1. Dash keeps losing devs who get wise to Evan 'The Instaminer' Scamfield's long con:
I never heard of Dash losing devs. I do notice them growing the team.