Litecoin (LTC)

 Digital Assets    |      2019-01-25

                                                     LTC - Silver to Bitcoin’s Gold

 

Available supply:84,000,000

Block time: 2.5min

Public sale start date:2011/11/9

Algorithm:Scrypt

Reward halfing:4 years

 

What is LTC?

Litecoin is a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency and open source software project released under the MIT/X11 license.

 

Background

By far the most fundamental technical difference between Bitcoin and Litecoin are the different cryptographic algorithms which they employ. Bitcoin makes use of the longstanding SHA-256 algorithm, whereas Litecoin makes use of a comparatively new algorithm known as Scrypt.

 

LTC Advantages

Litecoin aims to be a more advanced version of Bitcoin. It has 3 main advantages:

1. The equivalent figure for Litecoin is roughly 2.5 minutes, this difference in confirmation time could make Litecoin more attractive for merchants.

2. Litecoin can accommodate up to 84 million coins, 4 times of Bitcoin's.

3. Litecoin makes use of a comparatively new algorithm known as Scrypt, introduced by Colin Percival, which makes mining easily accessible. 

cmclogo.pngCMC:https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/litecoin/

 




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