Litecoin was launched in 2011, if bitcoin is gold, Litecoin is silver. At the time of this writing, Litecoin had the highest market capitalization compared to any kind of electronic money exploited, just after Bitcoin.
It is not silver anymore. And you are lying in last sentence. Litecoin was already superseded by ethereu, ripple , bitcoin cash, stellar and cardano.
https://coinmarketcap.com/