Litecoin


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Litecoin was launched as a faster alternative to Bitcoin that initially was put forward as "asic-resistant" as well. However, after ~2 years of existence ASICs were produced for the implementation of Scrypt that Litecoin uses, and there was never any serious discussion about modifying or changing the proof-of-work algorithm.

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Coin specifications


  • Date launched - 2011 October 09
  • Total supply - 84 million
  • Emission - halving every 4 years
  • Security - Proof-of-work (Scrypt)
  • Target block time - 2.5 min

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