Litecoin's value went up 10 fold because it found a way to be useful as a new feature testbed for somewhat real life situation. Went up with SegWit and Lightnin

Litecoin's value went up 10 fold because it found a way to be useful as a new feature testbed for somewhat real life situation. Went up with SegWit and Lightning Network activation accordingly, from $4. It would've only valued as that for being "plan B".