What is Litecoin (LTC)?

Litecoin (LTC) is a decentralized peer-to-peer virtual currency created from a copy of Bitcoin’s (BTC) source code. Founded in October 2011 (two years after BTC) by former Google engineer Charlie Lee, Litecoin (LTC) is considered one of the first successful altcoins in the industry.

How does Litecoin (LTC) Work?

Litecoin (LTC) seeks to improve on some of Bitcoin's shortcomings by offering lower transaction fees, faster block times, higher transaction throughput, and better decentralization.

What is Litecoin (LTC) Used for?

Bitcoin (BTC) and Litecoin (LTC) are both secured by the proof-of-work (PoW) consensus mechanism but use different hash functions. Litecoin’s (LTC) Scrypt hashing algorithm is more memory-intensive than Bitcoin’s SHA-256, making it less susceptible to ASIC mining dominance.

What Is the Market Cap of Litecoin (LTC)?

Additionally, Litecoin has a shorter block generation time compared to Bitcoin, allowing for faster transaction confirmations and quicker network updates.

What is Litecoin’s (LTC) Circulating Supply?

Due to its fast block times and low transaction costs, Litecoin is widely considered a good fit for microtransactions and point-of-sale payments.

What is Litecoin (LTC) Mining?

Litecoin (LTC) currently has a market capitalization of XRP 3,028,458,896.00

How to Buy Litecoin (LTC)?

The current circulating supply of Litecoin (LTC) is $76,182,420.73

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LTC Price Live Data ( Litecoin )

LTC is on the rise this week

Litecoin price today is XRP 39.6963 with a 24-hour trading volume of XRP 465,784,557. Litecoin is up +2.59% in the last 24 hours. Over the past hour the price of LTC has decreased by -0.60%. The total supply of LTC is $76,182,783.23 and the current circulating supply is set at $76,182,420.73. The current Coingecko ranking of LTC is 25.

Market cap

$3.03B

Circulating supply

$76.18M

Volume (24h)

$465.78M

Fully Diluted Market Cap

$9.91B

As of today at 6:48 PM , converting 1 Litecoin (LTC) to XRP using TabTrader, based on the CoinGecko conversion rate, gives you an equivalent value of 🌐 39.696272 XRP. The current exchange rate is 1 LTC = XRP 39.6963 XRP, while 1 XRP equals LTC.