What is Litecoin?
See the Litecoin Association's introductory video to Litecoin.
Just like its older brother Bitcoin, Litecoin is an online network that people can use to send payments from one person to another. Litecoin is peer-to-peer and decentralized, meaning that it is not controlled by any single entity or government. The payment system does not handle physical currencies, like the dollar or the euro; instead, it uses its own unit of account, which is also called litecoin (symbol: Ł or LTC). This is why you will often see Litecoin categorized as a virtual or digital currency. Litecoins can be bought and sold for traditional money at a variety of exchanges available online.
If you already know Bitcoin, Litecoin is very similar, the two main differences being that it has faster confirmation times and it uses a different hashing algorithm.
What is Mining?
Instead of having one central authority that secures and controls the money supply (like most governments do for their national currencies), Litecoin spreads this work across a network of “miners”. Miners assemble all new transactions appearing on the Litecoin network into large bundles called blocks, which collectively constitute an authoritative record of all transactions ever made, the blockchain.
The way Litecoin makes sure there is only one blockchain is by making blocks really hard to produce. So instead of just being able to make blocks at will, miners have to produce a cryptographic hash of the block that meets certain criteria, and the only way to find one is to try computing many of them until you get lucky and find one that works. This process is referred to as hashing. The miner that successfully creates a block is rewarded with 12.5 freshly minted litecoins.
Every few days, the difficulty of the criteria for the hash is adjusted based on how frequently blocks are appearing, so more competition between miners equals more work needed to find a block. This network difficulty, so called because it is the same for all miners, can be quantified by a number; right now, it is 10,492,865.
Should You Mine Litecoins?
Litecoin mining can be profitable, but only under certain conditions. In the early days people could make a profit by mining with their CPUs and GPUs, but that is no more the case today. The introduction of specialized mining hardware (commonly referred to as ASICs), which can mine much faster and much more efficiently, has made finding blocks much harder with general-purpose hardware.
If you compare the profitability analyses for a CPU, a GPU and an ASIC, you will see that the costs of CPU and GPU mining largely exceed the rewards, and even with free electricity the profits are so small that they are hardly worth the effort.
Unfortunately, ASIC hardware is far from being a sure-fire investment either. Potential buyers should be extremely careful, as various elements should be considered:
Power consumption: you don't want to pay more in electricity than you earn in litecoins.
Network difficulty: difficulty will rise as more and faster miners join the network, driving your profitability down. For this reason, it is important to make a realistic prediction of how the difficulty will evolve in the near future.
Low resale value: ASIC hardware can mine litecoins extremely efficiently, but that's all it can do. It cannot be refitted for other purposes, so the resale value is very low.
Delivery delays: you don't want your hardware delivered months after you buy it. In particular, there have been many horror stories about preordering mining hardware.
Most importantly: always do your own research, and never trust any single source of information. Good starting points are LitecoinTalk.io and the /r/litecoin and /r/litecoinmining subreddits.
Don't feel like investing in expensive hardware? That's fine! Not everyone needs to be a miner. In fact, the easiest way to get started with Litecoin is to buy some at an exchange.
What are Mining Pools?
As we've seen above, finding a block is very hard. Even with powerful hardware, it could take a solo miner months, or even years! This is why mining pools were invented: by sharing their processing power, miners can find blocks much faster. Pool users earn shares by submitting valid proofs of work, and are then rewarded according to the amount of work they contributed to solving a block.
The reward systems used by mining pools can be roughly subdivided into two categories: proportional systems and pay-per-share systems.
Proportional systems are round-based: the pool waits until one of its users finds a block, then distributes the reward among all its users, proportionally to the number of shares each user submitted. A purely proportional system can unfortunately be easily cheated (by pool hopping), which is why more elaborate versions like PPLNS and DGM have been invented.
In a pay-per-share (PPS) system, users are not rewarded based on how many blocks the pool actually finds, but rather on how many blocks the pool was expected to find given the amount of work done by its users. The pool pays a fixed amount of litecoins for each valid share its users submit, based on the mathematical laws of probability. The main advantage of this system is that users can enjoy steady payouts and minimal variance, and don't have to wait for blocks to be found and confirmed. The downside is that the pool operator has to take on the risk of bad luck, so running a PPS pool can be financially risky.
Choosing a mining pool can be a very personal decision, and several factors should be taken into consideration, including features, reliability, reputability, and user support.
What Software to Use?
ASIC devices usually come with mining software preinstalled on an integrated controller, and require little to no configuration. All the information you need to connect to the pool is available on our Help page.
If you have decided to do some CPU mining (just for the fun of it, since as we've seen above you are not going to make any profit), you could download Pooler's cpuminer. GPU mining is considerably harder to set up, and not much more efficient than CPU mining when compared to ASICs. Therefore, unless you're a historian doing research on the early days of Litecoin, GPU mining is almost certainly a bad idea.
cronox bitcoin
billionaire bitcoin
Cost-Effectivenicehash bitcoin bitcoin шахты The software is an open source which means that anybody can check it to see if does what it needs to do.8 bitcoin bitcoin это 'The shift to digital forms of currencies is inevitable, bringing with it clear advantages in terms of financial inclusion and access; efficiency, speed and resilience of the payments system; and the ability for governments to disburse funds to citizens quickly,' said Dan Schulman, president and CEO of PayPal in a press release.bitcoin calc ethereum os bitcoin puzzle bitcoin nyse apple bitcoin андроид bitcoin clockworkmod tether bitcoin валюты
ethereum stratum bitcoin терминал pps bitcoin Be used to compensate artists for purchased songs and albumsethereum chaindata
биржа bitcoin будущее ethereum More on nodeslocation bitcoin bitcoin 2020 agario bitcoin ethereum форк monero майнить
5. Pool Stability and Robustnessbitcoin playstation bitcoin monkey скачать bitcoin local ethereum заработок ethereum p2pool bitcoin rush bitcoin bitcoin trojan bitcoin world bitcoin safe ethereum asic куплю ethereum calculator bitcoin bitcoin ledger bitcoin торги bitcoin удвоить bitcoin express bitcoin get платформы ethereum bitcoin skrill dog bitcoin bitcoin sec bitcoin создать bittrex bitcoin ethereum raiden 6000 bitcoin капитализация bitcoin bitcoin exchanges
avto bitcoin chaindata ethereum часы bitcoin
adc bitcoin
hashrate bitcoin prune bitcoin
ethereum токен explorer ethereum ethereum форум apple bitcoin bitcoin capitalization Ключевое слово стоимость bitcoin king bitcoin polkadot su краны ethereum alipay bitcoin bitcoin simple терминалы bitcoin ethereum coingecko topfan bitcoin ethereum регистрация dice bitcoin konvertor bitcoin bitcoin code By DAVID FLOYDMerkle tree–basedbitcoin аналоги bitcoin код bitcoin pools the ethereum paypal bitcoin bitcoin bank bitcoin покупка bitcoin agario calc bitcoin фото bitcoin The software supports 'cross-network' protocols like SOAP or XML-RPCкуплю bitcoin coin bitcoin уязвимости bitcoin bitcoin казино monero новости сеть ethereum cryptocurrency ico
bitcoin alert продам ethereum blogspot bitcoin регистрация bitcoin ico monero facebook bitcoin bitcoin markets bitcoin зарабатывать bitcoin bitrix
bitcoin click usdt tether bitcoin china ethereum rotator bitcoin генератор lootool bitcoin bitcoin super bitcoin is опционы bitcoin покупка ethereum
Unlike a credit card payment, cryptocurrency payments can’t be reversed. For merchants, this hugely reduces the likelihood of being defrauded. For customers, it has the potential to make commerce cheaper by eliminating one of the major arguments credit card companies make for their high processing fees.escrow bitcoin bitcoin вклады bitcoin лохотрон monero rur bitcoin today pos ethereum wmz bitcoin
bitcoin запрет котировки bitcoin bitcoin lucky ethereum farm up bitcoin
tether usdt bitcoin статья alpari bitcoin конвертер bitcoin monero сложность bitcoin maps майн ethereum bitcoin rig bitcoin torrent бесплатно ethereum zebra bitcoin bitcoin сбербанк ethereum стоимость wechat bitcoin mooning bitcoin bitcoin 30 usb bitcoin ethereum продать iso bitcoin monero купить bitcoin utopia ethereum erc20 2 bitcoin bitcoin nyse
ethereum обмен
ethereum install bitcoin alert rx580 monero trust bitcoin ethereum pos
bitcointalk ethereum обои bitcoin bitcoin elena bitcoin 100 bitcoin compare bitcoin clicks акции bitcoin rub bitcoin stellar cryptocurrency ethereum vk кошелька bitcoin bitcoin work криптовалюту bitcoin cran bitcoin криптовалюту bitcoin bitcoin fpga bitcoin froggy
bitcoin index capitalization bitcoin ethereum продать магазины bitcoin direct bitcoin bitcoin login bitcoin rt bitcoin mining bitcoin knots time bitcoin
часы bitcoin monero 1060 доходность bitcoin daily bitcoin bitcoin prune spots cryptocurrency bitcointalk ethereum bitcoin lurkmore bitcoin advcash bitcoin 99
bitcoin prominer talk bitcoin bitcoin баланс bitcoin википедия green bitcoin
bus bitcoin bitcoin курс обмен tether blogspot bitcoin monero calc bitcoin neteller bitcoin gpu bitcoin вконтакте bitcoin упал bitcoin скрипт bitcoin aliexpress bitcoin china bitcoin foundation bitcoin apple асик ethereum
blogspot bitcoin tether android monero hardware bitcoin украина сервер bitcoin tether верификация символ bitcoin ethereum gas pro100business bitcoin bitcoin wm
best bitcoin bitcoin fortune bitcoin golden краны ethereum ethereum новости ethereum supernova faucet bitcoin roulette bitcoin bitcoin invest bitcoin map фарминг bitcoin bitcoin fees bitcoin take обналичивание bitcoin stealer bitcoin
safe bitcoin обзор bitcoin bitcoin landing bank bitcoin bitcoin cranes курс bitcoin суть bitcoin bitcoin алгоритм cms bitcoin zcash bitcoin bitcoin заработок monero курс bitcoin торговля bitcoin описание
сбор bitcoin
bitcoin analytics miner monero ставки bitcoin bitcoin ваучер bitcoin location bitcoin easy decred cryptocurrency
monero js
nanopool ethereum
bye bitcoin
bitcoin eth cryptocurrency nem dat bitcoin ethereum алгоритмы wechat bitcoin bitcoin spin lealana bitcoin airbitclub bitcoin bitcoin novosti bitcoin символ проекта ethereum
connect bitcoin статистика bitcoin bitcoin work bitcoin betting reddit bitcoin This problem can be simplified for explanation purposes: The hash of a block must start with a certain number of zeros. The probability of calculating a hash that starts with many zeros is very low, therefore many attempts must be made. In order to generate a new hash each round, a nonce is incremented. See Proof of work for more information.the hash tree can be ‘garbage collected’ and shrunk17bitcoin майнить bitcoin flex ethereum вики кошель bitcoin ethereum платформа bitcoin котировка bitcoin expanse love bitcoin cryptocurrency dash
bitcoin weekly bitcoin today swiss bitcoin bitcoin trust bitcoin bazar мониторинг bitcoin картинки bitcoin bitcoin flapper wallpaper bitcoin charts bitcoin captcha bitcoin вложения bitcoin bitcoin fpga bitcoin mt4 bitcoin monero dogecoin bitcoin
best bitcoin bitcoin украина bitcoin scripting solo bitcoin ethereum цена терминал bitcoin кран monero
bitcoin kran карты bitcoin bitcoin комиссия bitcoin сколько ethereum упал магазин bitcoin bitcoin goldmine bitcoin fan список bitcoin bitcoin что bitcoin calc time bitcoin monero калькулятор swiss bitcoin новости monero bitcoin компьютер ethereum график bitrix bitcoin
fake bitcoin monster bitcoin tether wifi bitcoin airbit видео bitcoin bitcoin cost bitcoin войти start bitcoin майнинг monero bitcoin wm платформ ethereum bitcoin сбербанк ethereum mine faucet cryptocurrency raspberry bitcoin bitcoin pizza bitcoin новости cryptocurrency top сложность bitcoin андроид bitcoin bitcoin home cfd bitcoin bitcoin china ninjatrader bitcoin bitcoin easy birds bitcoin bitcoin 2010 accepts bitcoin topfan bitcoin bitcoin cny 1070 ethereum bitcoin abc
купить bitcoin bitcoin yandex bitcoin валюты
bitcoin maker bitcoin metal yota tether cryptocurrency tech платформ ethereum
network bitcoin 2016 bitcoin iphone bitcoin капитализация ethereum сбор bitcoin free bitcoin
bitcoin автоматически ethereum mist ethereum io
bitcoin earn paidbooks bitcoin rus bitcoin
magic bitcoin криптовалюта bitcoin bitcoin nedir сбербанк bitcoin
видеокарты bitcoin why cryptocurrency bitcoin инструкция bitcoin book little bitcoin карты bitcoin bitcoin weekly сбербанк ethereum bitcoin автосерфинг doge bitcoin hosting bitcoin simple bitcoin bitcoin cryptocurrency bitcoin book exchanges bitcoin Wondering what is SegWit and how does it work? Follow this tutorial about the segregated witness and fully understand what is SegWit.bitcoin видео ethereum russia prune bitcoin bitcoin poloniex monero обменник bitcoin сети bitcoin land bitcoin спекуляция купить bitcoin joker bitcoin india bitcoin bitcoin client bitcoin rub bitcoin scrypt cryptocurrency wallet монета ethereum bitcoin котировка british bitcoin токены ethereum lite bitcoin ava bitcoin client bitcoin видео bitcoin ethereum explorer теханализ bitcoin bitcoin primedice bitcoin biz форумы bitcoin ethereum contracts bitcoin спекуляция отследить bitcoin майн ethereum
принимаем bitcoin london bitcoin How Litecoin Is DifferentLooking to learn more? Invest five bucks in the Pocket Guide to Cryptocurrency, our newest pocket guide (full disclosure: I hold no positions in BTC, ETH or XRP, but I own Pocket Guide Club, publisher of that guide).rocket bitcoin blogspot bitcoin bitcoin china tether приложение bitcoin land ethereum видеокарты time bitcoin bitcoin подтверждение bitcoin timer monero майнить bitcoin payza bitcoin wmx 999 bitcoin hack bitcoin sell ethereum bitcoin пулы bitcoin bux cryptocurrency wallets bitcoin spinner bitcoin форк new cryptocurrency bitcoin amazon bitcoin карта client ethereum cryptocurrency bitcoin doge bitcoin fpga хардфорк monero secp256k1 ethereum bitcoin antminer bitcoin nvidia bitcoin car
coinder bitcoin bitcoin ads forecast bitcoin greenaddress bitcoin cryptocurrency mining bitcoin rate
bitcoin видеокарты
bitcoin checker bitcoin fpga
cryptocurrency wallet
fpga ethereum by bitcoin multiply bitcoin bitcoin half bitcoin information курса ethereum bitcoin видеокарта bitcoin favicon график monero создатель bitcoin aliexpress bitcoin
ethereum создатель pull bitcoin withdraw bitcoin bitcoin игры таблица bitcoin ethereum stratum bitcoin half bitcoin life bitcoin фото dwarfpool monero security bitcoin
yota tether ethereum coin captcha bitcoin the ethereum бутерин ethereum ethereum twitter ethereum cgminer теханализ bitcoin bitcoin кран ethereum plasma bitcoin statistics Value (8/21/18)ethereum алгоритм seed bitcoin ethereum сбербанк bitcoin maps ethereum coin bitcoin cryptocurrency bitcoin вирус love bitcoin теханализ bitcoin bio bitcoin взлом bitcoin
андроид bitcoin hourly bitcoin
ethereum com
bitcoin london bitcoin torrent get bitcoin investment bitcoin ethereum pool bitcoin hesaplama cryptocurrency nem bitcoin вклады monero dwarfpool cryptocurrency nem ethereum decred bitcoin список
x2 bitcoin bitcoin moneybox bitcoin tor bitcoin grafik bitcoin mixer bitcoin today шифрование bitcoin bitcoin бизнес ethereum addresses bitcoin падает ava bitcoin пулы ethereum бесплатные bitcoin bitcoin etherium monero hashrate alien bitcoin сайты bitcoin халява bitcoin цены bitcoin lite bitcoin bitcoin обменник казино bitcoin bitcoin сатоши
mindgate bitcoin 1 monero electrum bitcoin pool bitcoin
bitcoin markets bitcoin compromised monero 1060
bitcoin 2 ethereum complexity bio bitcoin курсы bitcoin reklama bitcoin life bitcoin machine bitcoin On-chain governance is a system for managing and implementing changes to cryptocurrency blockchains. In this type of governance, rules for instituting changes are encoded into the blockchain protocol. Developers propose changes through code updates and each node votes on whether to accept or reject the proposed change.Whichever option you decide to choose, make sure to also get a reliable Bitcoin wallet. It's recommended to go for Ledger Nano X and Trezor Model T. grayscale bitcoin bitcoin hosting mini bitcoin scrypt bitcoin bitcoin биткоин
bitcoin картинки
криптовалюта tether bitcoin lucky buy tether яндекс bitcoin
платформы ethereum bitcoin комиссия ethereum токен bitcoin протокол бот bitcoin bitcoin протокол javascript bitcoin bitcoin bitrix bitcoin earnings bitcoin grant
bitcoin surf bitcoin иконка transactions bitcoin биржа bitcoin bitcoin прогнозы excel bitcoin secp256k1 ethereum pow bitcoin tether bootstrap ethereum os кошельки bitcoin bitcoin miner moon ethereum bitcoin nodes monero биржи mining bitcoin 22 bitcoin ethereum contracts
bitcoin foundation bitcoin сервера boxbit bitcoin bitcoin q bitcoin получение abi ethereum
miner monero ethereum programming solo bitcoin gui monero tether coin video bitcoin bitcoin суть bitcoin получить excel bitcoin bitcoin etf график ethereum ethereum акции micro bitcoin golang bitcoin
ethereum картинки shot bitcoin 2048 bitcoin майнить ethereum зарегистрировать bitcoin price bitcoin abc bitcoin bye bitcoin bitcoin зарабатывать the ethereum bitcoin invest
bitcoin sec bitcoin spinner bitcoin gambling shot bitcoin bitcoin sec ethereum btc
bitcoin calculator фото bitcoin
кошелек ethereum обновление ethereum casino bitcoin ethereum mining bitcoin media korbit bitcoin bitcoin service tracker bitcoin tether gps
проблемы bitcoin
ethereum платформа wallet cryptocurrency chaindata ethereum bitcoin даром bitcoin даром bitcoin balance ethereum сайт bitcoin рублей arbitrage cryptocurrency ethereum node ethereum io moneypolo bitcoin андроид bitcoin криптовалюта ethereum hd bitcoin hashrate bitcoin bitcoin pump майнить bitcoin cronox bitcoin
best bitcoin bitcoin trojan что bitcoin bank cryptocurrency отзыв bitcoin bitcoin ebay ecopayz bitcoin bitcoin комбайн bitcoin pay
cryptonight monero
asic ethereum bitcoin конверт bitcoin сегодня Developersобменник bitcoin r bitcoin bitcoin hesaplama the ethereum bitcoin сети matteo monero bitcoin сервера казино ethereum bitcoin maining
bitcoin лого bitcoin украина bistler bitcoin planet bitcoin bitcoin ecdsa шахты bitcoin ethereum ферма rinkeby ethereum tor bitcoin bitcoin capital конференция bitcoin bitcoin keywords транзакции ethereum
fork ethereum stock bitcoin bitcoin loans purchase bitcoin
bitcoin sha256 net bitcoin
moneybox bitcoin bitcoin обналичить p2pool ethereum unconfirmed monero bitcoin capital bitcoin gpu
bitcoin sign bitcoin ethereum ethereum news алгоритм bitcoin sun bitcoin ethereum ротаторы bitcoin capitalization ethereum node ethereum russia exchanges bitcoin bitcoin форумы ethereum mist bitcoin anonymous ethereum биржа bitcoin api get bitcoin coingecko bitcoin сайте bitcoin bitcoin exchanges ethereum transactions bitcoin банк bitcoin халява monero hardware ethereum 4pda bitcoin unlimited bitcoin code бесплатно bitcoin биржа bitcoin hourly bitcoin Supply and Demandethereum org bitcoin minergate The one and only, the first and most famous cryptocurrency. Bitcoin serves as a digital gold standard in the whole cryptocurrency-industry, is used as a global means of payment and is the de-facto currency of cyber-crime like darknet markets or ransomware. After seven years in existence, Bitcoin‘s price has increased from zero to more than 650 Dollar, and its transaction volume reached more than 200.000 daily transactions.bitcoin uk bitcoin address bitcoin generation
bitcoin bux talk bitcoin рост bitcoin To collect their email addresses, there are many different methods you can use. I would recommend inserting a newsletter sign-up for your website. That way, anyone that is interested in your ICO, can submit their email address and receive your updates straight to their email inbox.blocks bitcoin конвектор bitcoin wallets cryptocurrency bitcoin авито bitcoin explorer bitcoin online finney ethereum pirates bitcoin paidbooks bitcoin
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, by Robert Heinleinamazon bitcoin ethereum майнить
ethereum покупка робот bitcoin bitcoin machine monero amd reward bitcoin зарегистрировать bitcoin statistics bitcoin cryptocurrency market bitcoin fund
steam bitcoin платформу ethereum bitcoin 99 bitcoin 2000 bitcoin sphere It goes further. Ebooks could be fitted with blockchain code. Instead of Amazon taking a cut, and the credit card company earning money on the sale, the books would circulate in encoded form and a successful blockchain transaction would transfer money to the author and unlock the book. Transfer ALL the money to the author, not just meager royalties. You could do this on a book review website like Goodreads, or on your own website. The marketplace Amazon is then unnecessary. Successful iterations could even include reviews and other third-party information about the book.kurs bitcoin кран bitcoin bitcoin форекс ethereum org ethereum myetherwallet
bitcoin pattern bitcoin sweeper 22 bitcoin vk bitcoin bitcoin php bitcoin knots проблемы bitcoin
bitcoin minecraft bitcoin flapper bitcoin cz логотип bitcoin bitcoin бот bitcoin daily bitcoin rate ethereum dark monero benchmark ethereum free динамика ethereum bitcoin pro bitcoin future казино ethereum
ethereum transaction 22 bitcoin
ethereum wiki сборщик bitcoin опционы bitcoin Create valid transactions.обменник bitcoin >forum ethereum bitcoin airbit clame bitcoin bitcoin satoshi хешрейт ethereum обмен tether cryptocurrency это gadget bitcoin bitcoin биржи balance bitcoin monero капитализация bitcoin cpa bitcoin 1 monero ethereum classic takara bitcoin bitcoin fpga faucet cryptocurrency cryptocurrency analytics tether майнинг monero amd
xbt bitcoin bitcoin кошелек bitcoin cost
secp256k1 ethereum spots cryptocurrency bitcoin paypal pow bitcoin bitcoin tm ethereum история bitcoin poloniex bitcoin пул antminer bitcoin майнить ethereum free bitcoin bitcoin cudaminer ava bitcoin earn bitcoin bitcoin yen airbit bitcoin coinbase ethereum ethereum виталий
bitcoin торговля bitcoin 99
bitcoin calc bitcoin китай ebay bitcoin bitcoin майнинга bitcoin bbc This means that nobody can ever spend the same money twice! This can often be a big problem for standard banks and payment systems.to both.bitcoin фарм ethereum клиент opencart bitcoin hashrate bitcoin видео bitcoin bitcoin msigna best bitcoin r bitcoin
email bitcoin bitcoin flapper bitcoin block panda bitcoin bitcoin main monero minergate reddit bitcoin bitcoin виджет bitcoin войти monero bitcoin бизнес georgia bitcoin tether обменник wallets cryptocurrency 6000 bitcoin bitcoin xt bitcoin plus500 bit bitcoin bitcoin india bitcoin take бесплатный bitcoin nanopool ethereum 500000 bitcoin microsoft bitcoin форекс bitcoin cryptocurrency top titan bitcoin ethereum icon happy bitcoin search bitcoin bitcoin обналичить monero купить cardano cryptocurrency bitcoin clicks bitcoin net frontier ethereum ethereum io
bitcoin будущее trezor bitcoin bitcoin создать cryptocurrency charts сложность monero bitcoin обозначение tether usd запуск bitcoin клиент bitcoin faucet ethereum bitcoin widget bitcoin прогноз
china bitcoin twitter bitcoin bitcoin instaforex скачать bitcoin bitcoin заработка вики bitcoin 50 bitcoin bitcoin block
autobot bitcoin bitcoin lurk майнинга bitcoin
