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Litecoin (LTC) ocupa el puesto #22 por capitalización de mercado, con $4.98B. Pertenece al sector Networks (Layer-1). Cotiza desde el 22 de mayo de 2013 en 436 mercados de 53 exchanges, con un volumen de $372.92M en las últimas 24 horas. Su máximo histórico de $410.14 se alcanzó el 10 de mayo de 2021; el precio actual está un 87.3% por debajo. Su mínimo del ciclo, $39.36, llegó el 25 de junio de 2026.
Circula el 92.6% del suministro máximo de 84.00M LTC. Los datos de desarrollo registran 2 desarrolladores principales y 2,008 commits de código.
Acerca de Litecoin
Litecoin is a decentralized cryptocurrency and open-source blockchain network that facilitates peer-to-peer transactions with a proof-of-work consensus mechanism. It offers optimised block generation times and a different hashing algorithm than Bitcoin, enabling competitive transaction fees and scalability for digital payments.
Antecedentes
Litecoin was launched on Oct. 13, 2011, with the Genesis block being produced on Oct. 7, 2011. Charlie Lee created Litecoin as a fork of Bitcoin's source code. It is nearly identical to Bitcoin, with key differences being faster block times, a higher maximum token supply, and a different hash function. According to Litecoin’s whitepaper, the network’s faster block times are designed to increase transaction throughput and reduce the time between merchants receiving and confirming transactions.
Major upgrades to Litecoin are summarized below:
Block rewards are subject to “halving” and have since decreased to 6.25 LTC per block. Halving refers to the decreasing rate of Litecoin’s inflation. For every 840,000 blocks mined (roughly four years), the reward of newly minted LTC decreases by half. Rewards will continue to decrease until the maximum token supply (84.00 million LTC) is mined around the year 2142. The next halving event will occur on July 2027 at block 3.36 million, when the block reward will be further reduced to 3.125 LTC.