Yeah...I go back and forth as to which has the most potential between LTC, BTC, and ETH.
I feel that BTC will be the store of value and really hit the gold market. LTC makes sense for the micropayments since it is ultra fast compared to BTC. ETH has the smart contracts but Lee mentioned implementing them into his system at some point also.
ETH seems to have attracted the major corps to build upon their network.
I love LTC for how fast it is but I hold more ETH (at the moment) partly for the reason you just mentioned. I wonder how Lee will implement smart contracts into LTC. That's interesting...
How will Lee implement smarts contract? LOL If he told me I still wouldnt be able to tell you.
Lee seems very high on what he feels he can add to the LTC platform. He is looking at not only smart contract but privacy, atomic swaps and vaults for coin security.
Personally, in my mind, he is one of the foremost experts in this field and he is a visionary akin to the like of Steve Jobs. This guy sees what others do not.