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Litecoin LTC

#10 by market cap among listed assets

$69.14

up 0.67% in 24 hours24h

One of the earliest bitcoin alternatives, with faster blocks.

Litecoin price, last 7 days

−4.02% over the period · Low $66 · High $73

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Litecoin price over the last 7 days
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Market statistics

7-day change
down 4.07% in 7 days
Circulating supply
77.68M LTC

92.5% of max supply

Max supply
84M LTC

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What is Litecoin?

Litecoin launched in 2011 as a modified version of Bitcoin’s code. It produces blocks about four times as often as bitcoin and uses a different proof of workProof of work A consensus method where miners spend computing power to earn the right to add the next block. algorithm. Its supply is capped at 84 million LTC and, like bitcoin, it goes through regular halvings.

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