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Litecoin was created in 2011 by a Google employee Charlie Lee. Currently, this cryptocurrency is one of the largest by market capitalization. Litecoin was created as one of the first forks of the Bitcoin blockchain. Also, it is safe to say that Litecoin is one of the first altcoins. While Bitcoin is based on SHA-256 algorithm, Litecoin utilizes a lighter scrypt algorithm.
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One of the earliest digital coins, Peercoin (PPC) was released in 2012. It was the first to bring the “Proof-of-Stake” concept to life. Peercoin is a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency and is minable. PPC is widely represented on exchanges. You can also buy this coin for fiat currency.
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Litecoin was created in 2011 by a Google employee Charlie Lee. Currently, this cryptocurrency is one of the largest by market capitalization. Litecoin was created as one of the first forks of the Bitcoin blockchain. Also, it is safe to say that Litecoin is one of the first altcoins. While Bitcoin is based on SHA-256 algorithm, Litecoin utilizes a lighter scrypt algorithm.
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One of the earliest digital coins, Peercoin (PPC) was released in 2012. It was the first to bring the “Proof-of-Stake” concept to life. Peercoin is a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency and is minable. PPC is widely represented on exchanges. You can also buy this coin for fiat currency.
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| Type |
Type
coin
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Type
coin
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| Founding Date |
Founding Date
2011
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Founding Date
2012
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| Country |
Country
International
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Country
International
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| Languages |
Languages
No data
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Languages
No data
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| Team |
Team
Public
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Team
Not Public
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| Protocol |
Protocol
Public blockchain
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Protocol
Public blockchain
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| Current price (USD) |
Current price (USD)
87.3434
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Current price (USD)
0.4960
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| All-time high (USD) |
All-time high (USD)
375.2900
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All-time high (USD)
9.9200
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| Price change (24h) |
Price change (24h)
3.37
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Price change (24h)
-4.94
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| Volume (24h) |
Volume (24h)
45238591.38845
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Volume (24h)
1409.25515
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| Hashrate |
Hashrate
165730
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Hashrate
19500000
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| Max Supply |
Max Supply
84000000.00000
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Max Supply
2000000000.00000
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| Total supply |
Total supply
No data
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Total supply
No data
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| Circulating Supply |
Circulating Supply
74466489.48347
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Circulating Supply
28840136.33889
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| Transaction speed / Block time |
Transaction speed / Block time
56
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Transaction speed / Block time
8
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| Transaction fee |
Transaction fee
No data
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Transaction fee
No data
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| Mining profitability |
Mining profitability
low
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Mining profitability
high
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| Algorithm |
Algorithm
Scrypt
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Algorithm
No data
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| Proof type |
Proof type
PoW
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Proof type
No data
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| Fully premined |
Fully premined
No data
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Fully premined
No data
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| Smart contract address |
Smart contract address
No data
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Smart contract address
No data
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| Total coins mined |
Total coins mined
65464957.99676
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Total coins mined
No data
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| Is trading |
Is trading
yes
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Is trading
No data
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| Block reward |
Block reward
12.500000000000
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Block reward
No data
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| Block time |
Block time
150
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Block time
No data
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Litecoin (LTC) user rating is 5.0, based on 5 user reviews. Peercoin (PPC) user rating is 3.0, based on 3 user reviews.
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