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Litecoin (LTC)

$ 79.01 -7.81 (-9.00%)

Low
57.64

52 Week Range

High
114.98


Market Cap

$5,845,819,375

Volume (24h)

$307,532,519

Circulating Supply

74,232,627 LTC

Max Supply

84,000,000 LTC

Rank

22

Litecoin Basics

Rank 22
Status Active
Asset Type: Coin
Website: https://litecoin.org/
Explorer: https://chainz.cryptoid.info/ltc/
Wallet: https://litecoin.org/#download
Announcement: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=47417.0
Description: Litecoin is a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency similar to Bitcoin. Litecoin was created by Charles Lee, a former Google engineer, with the intent to improve a few of Bitcoin technical aspects, viewed as shortcomings by the developer like block times and hashing algorithm.

Litecoin Technical

Source Code: https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin
Mineable: Yes
Consensus Method: PoW
Algorithm: Scrypt
Block Reward: 12.50 LTC
Reward Information: Block reward gets halved roughly every 4 years (every 840,000 blocks).
Block Time (sec): 150
Premine: None
Genesis Date: October 12 2011
Maximum Supply: 84,000,000 LTC

Litecoin Blockchain Data

Updated: Thu, 22 Feb 2024 13:05:02
Circulating Supply: 74,232,627
Latest Block: 2,011,944
Network Hashrate: 294.37 TH/s

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