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Litecoin News

The Litecoin cryptocurrency is a fork of the Bitcoin codebase that was positioned as “a silver to Bitcoin’s gold.” It was created by former Google and Coinbase engineer Charlie Lee in 2011.

While similar to Bitcoin in terms of tech and monetary policy, even featuring its own periodic halving of its supply schedule, Litecoin features some core changes such as block times that are four times longer and a supply cap that is four times as large compared with BTC.

One key technical difference Litecoin has with Bitcoin is its mining algorithm, Scrypt, which makes it easier for users to generate hashes with commonly available hardware and participate in the mining process.

In June 2017, Charle Lee left his position at Coinbase to commit to Litecoin full time and is currently head of the Litecoin Foundation, which stewards and finances Litecoin ecosystem development.

Top News

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Market Analysis

Smart contract capabilities are rendering old-school megalithic crypto projects obsolete as blockchains evolve beyond just being a medium of exchange.

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2021-09-18T00:15:00+01:00

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Bitcoin’s steady climb toward new highs is bringing about the usual breakout from legacy altcoins like LTC, BCH and XLM.

$52K Bitcoin price triggers rally in large caps like Litecoin, Stellar and Bitcoin Cash

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2021-09-06T23:30:00+01:00

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The Lake County treasurer plans to HODL the crypto campaign donations in the hopes of a significant price rally for cryptocurrencies.

County Treasurer in Illinois accepts crypto donation in reelection bid

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One has introduced smart contracts and is the fabric of decentralized finance, the other is... a meme.

More Americans have heard of Dogecoin than Ethereum: Survey

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Crypto adoption is booming in 2021, but how long can the celebrity-fuelled hype train last?

Breakneck speed of crypto adoption could result in whiplash, warns wallet exec

2021-05-18T08:54:30+01:00

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A 17GB personal data leak reportedly sprung from the Pi Network mobile app.

Mobile crypto ‘mining’ app possibly connected to personal data leak

2021-05-17T15:24:51+01:00

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Litecoin price achieves $400 amid an overall crypto market boom.

Litecoin price hits $400 all-time high, but LTC rally at risk of overheating

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EOS, LTC, ETC and ETH are just a few of the altcoins that chased after new multi-year highs as layer-1 projects saw an increase in trading volume.

Altcoins rally as bulls pile into large-cap tokens and layer-1 projects

Jordan Finneseth

2021-05-06T23:04:39+01:00

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