What does it do?
Litecoin is a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency forked from Bitcoin. The transaction confirmation time is about 2.5 minutes on average.
Key Features
- Open source and decentralized.
- Nearly zero cost transfers.
- Medium of commerce complementary to Bitcoin.
General information
Company Name | Litecoin Foundation Ltd. |
Incorporation date | April 3, 2017 |
Incorporation Address | 111 NORTH BRIDGE ROAD #08-19 PENINSULA PLAZA SINGAPORE (179098) |
Website | https://litecoin.com/en/ https://litecoin-foundation.org/ |
Blog | https://blog.litecoin.org/ |
Phone | n/a |
Economic details
Initial Funding & Distribution | |
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Ticker | LTC |
Token Type | Cryptocurrency |
Total Supply Sold | There was no ICO |
Total Amount Raised | n/a |
Price During the Crowdsale | n/a |
Hard Cap | n/a |
Whitepaper | n/a |
Initial Token Distribution | n/a |
Distribution of Funds raised | n/a |
Fork Date | October 13, 2011 |
Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litecoin |
Social Media
Team
Development
Total number of Commits | 67 705 Commits (37 Repositories) |
Partners
TokenPay – a payment platform.
Crypto Investor Summit – a blockchain conference.
CoolBitX – a company that created cold storage wallets.
UFC – an American mixed martial arts promotion company.
Aliant Payments Systems – an international mechant services and credit processing company.
TenX – a company that is providing global payments.
CoinGate – a cryptocurrency gateway.
HTC – a consumer electronics company.
Travala – travel booking platform.
Competitors
Bitcoin – a peer to peer technology based cryptocurrency.
Ethereum – a decentralized platform that runs smart contracts and it allows developers to create their own decentralize application.
Bitcoin Cash – a hard fork of Bitcoin with a protocol to fin on-chain capacity.
Stellar – an open source network used to facilitate cross-asset transfers of value.
Decred – a blockchain-based cryptocurrency with a fair system of checks and balances between all parties.
Potential market and clients
The potential of Litecoin adoption depends on the demand for cryptocurrencies in the future. In a scenario when Bitcoin becomes the new gold Litecoin plans to become a silver to it and serve as a medium of exchange.
Utility and economic dynamics
- LTC can be used as a transfer of value.
- LTC is also used to pay the fees.