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Litecoin

Litecoin (Abbreviation: LTC) is a cryptocurrency and open-source software project. Litecoin was the first cryptocurrency after bitcoin, starting in October 2011.

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lites,
1⁄1000000
microlitecoins, photons
1⁄100000000
litoshis
Block reward
6.25 (as of 2023[update])
Block time
2.5 minutes
Code
LTC

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Litecoin

Nodes31
Edges30
Triples61
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.064516
Components1

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Litecoin

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related to Differences from bitcoin · 10
Litecoin → According, ASICs, Dogecoin, Litecoin's, May, Motherboard, MWEB, Scrypt, The, This
related to 2017–2021 · 9
Litecoin → Bitcoin Cash, Crypto, Ethereum, GlobeNewswire, In, In September, PayPal, This, Walmart
related to 2011–2016 · 8
Litecoin → After, BTC-e, Dogecoin, During, In, In September, Lee, November
related to 2022–present · 4
Litecoin → In May, Mimblewimble Extension Blocks, MWEB, This
related to Creation and launch · 3
Litecoin → GitHub, Lee, October
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Litecoin → lites,
1⁄1000000 · 1
Litecoin → microlitecoins, photons
1⁄100000000 · 1
Litecoin → litoshis
Block reward · 1
Litecoin → 6.25 (as of 2023[update])
Block time · 1
Litecoin → 2.5 minutes

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bitcoin scrypt cryptocurrency 2011 mining tenebrix bitcoin's code fork soft lee project users source dogecoin 2022 release block ltc proof-of-work

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Litecoin1⁄1000000microlitecoins, photons1.00infobox
Litecoin1⁄100000000litoshis1.00infobox
LitecoinBlock reward6.25 (as of 2023[update])1.00infobox
LitecoinBlock time2.5 minutes1.00infobox
LitecoinCodeLTC1.00infobox
LitecoinCode repositorygithub.com/litecoin-project/litecoin1.00infobox
LitecoinDeveloperLitecoin Core Development Team1.00infobox
LitecoinDevelopment statusActive1.00infobox
LitecoinHash functionscrypt1.00infobox
LitecoinInitial release0.1.0 / 7 October 2011; 14 years ago (2011-10-07)1.00infobox
LitecoinIssuance scheduleBlock reward: initially 50, halved every 840,000 blocks1.00infobox
LitecoinLatest release0.21.5.5 / 6 May 2026; 3 months ago (2026-05-06)1.00infobox
LitecoinLedger start7 October 2011 (14 years ago) (2011-10-07)1.00infobox
LitecoinLicenseMIT License1.00infobox
LitecoinOperating systemWindows, OS X, Linux, Android1.00infobox
LitecoinOriginal authorCharlie Lee1.00infobox
LitecoinPluralLitecoins1.00infobox
LitecoinPrecision10−81.00infobox
LitecoinProject fork ofBitcoin[a]1.00infobox
LitecoinSource modelOpen source1.00infobox
LitecoinSupply limit84,000,0001.00infobox
LitecoinTimestamping schemeProof-of-work1.00infobox
LitecoinWebsitelitecoin.org1.00infobox
LitecoinWritten inC++1.00infobox

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