This is useful in practice if you are willing to accept only 1 or 2 confirmations. For retail type situations, a fast blocks are definitely better, which I tou

This is useful in practice if you are willing to accept only 1 or 2 confirmations. For retail type situations, a fast blocks are definitely better, which I touched on at the end of my post. I constantly see the argument that 6 confirmations on LTC == 6 confirmations on BTC. This is the argument the original poster was making, and this what I am arguing against.