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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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Litecoin is a digital currency and open-source software project that was created in October 2011, making it one of the earliest cryptocurrencies to follow Bitcoin. It matters because it helped establish the cryptocurrency market beyond Bitcoin and demonstrated that alternative digital currencies could be developed and adopted by users worldwide.
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- Litecoin
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- 6 Full Logo S-2.png
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- Official Litecoin logo
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- lites,
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- microlitecoins, photons
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- litoshis
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- Litecoins
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- LTC
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- 10−8
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- 0.1.0
- Cryptocurrency.latest_release_version
- 0.21.4
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- Active
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10 sectionsContents
- History
- Pre-Litecoin
- Creation and launch
- 2011–2016
- 2017–2021
- 2022–present
- Differences from bitcoin
- See also
- References
- External links
Litecoin (Abbreviation: LTC) is a cryptocurrency and open-source software project. Litecoin was the first cryptocurrency after bitcoin, starting in October 2011.
The Litecoin blockchain is similar to the bitcoin codebase, modified for lower transaction fees. Due to its similarities to Bitcoin, Litecoin has sometimes been referred to as the "silver to Bitcoin's gold."