What You Need to Know About Litecoin
A few years after the concept of bitcoin was introduced in a paper by Japanese Satoshi Nakamoto, the litecoin was invented to become a secondary cryptocurrency. Just like bitcoin, litecoin is not controlled by the government nor is it managed by a monetary authority, making it a decentralized currency. It is also not backed in value by assets like gold or other precious metals, but it derives its value from the market factors of supply and demand. There will be approximately 84 million litecoin available and these generate components of a block or code every 2.5 minutes. Compared to....
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If you're new to the cryptocurrency world, you'd be forgiven for not having heard of litecoin. The currency, which was created by Charles Lee in 2011, is the second largest digital currency next to bitcoin. Here is our guide to what you need to know. Knowing your litecoin from your bitcoin. If you are used to using bitcoin, litecoin holds few surprises - if you're not yet initiated, read our guides on What is bitcoin and Why use bitcoin. The ideas in those guides also apply to litecoin. The primary desktop application is a modification of Bitcoin-QT client, and can be downloaded from....
Litecoin is the second most popular cryptocurrency after Bitcoin. Litecoin's advantages over Bitcoin include its faster block confirmation times and scrypt hashing algorithm (to prevent ASIC mining). But will Litecoin ever see the massive success Bitcoin has seen and maybe even surpass it? Here's what Litecoin creator Charles Lee has to say on the matter.
While the price and attention has subsided substantially, Litecoin has gone through a lot of the changes over the last couple of months. I’m here today with Andrew Vegetabile from the Litecoin Association to talk about things that have been happening in Litecoin in the past few months. Since our talk in Februaryregarding LTCGear, how has Litecoin changed? There have been a number of activities and events that has happened since February between major events with Litecoin itself as well as Litecoin Association news and some other miscellaneous things. As I write this, the Litecoin network....
Over the past seven days, eight of the top ten altcoins have decreased in price. Six of these, including the litecoin price, the Dogecoin price, and theDarkcoin price have fallen by more than 10%. CCN examines this altcoin price decline. Also read: Litecoin Price Fails to Recover From Bitcoin Price Panic. Litecoin Price Falls 11%. Litecoin investors may have thought the recent revelation of a security vulnerability within the Ripple protocol would have enabled Litecoin to reclaim the second spot on the market cap charts. However, the litecoin price has been in decline as well, falling 11%....
Litecoin, in recent weeks, has been the cause of some speculation. A price drop in the litecoin world was experienced that saw the currency hovering at around $1.20 and then $1.80. Now, there has been a bit of a surge in the litecoin price that suggests that a $2 price in the near future may not be out of bounds. As digital currency enthusiasts, I suppose we must all be grateful for every little step forward. Yet in July of last year, litecoin held a price of around $7. Following a drop in bitcoin price that naturally also affected fellow altcoins (litecoin amongst them), the litecoin....