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Litecoin is the second popular cryptocurrency next to Bitcoin. This coin was first released in the year 2011 by a former employee of Google named Charlie Lee. The transfer of coins follows an open-source protocol that is not monitored by any central authority system. Litecoin is fondly called as "Silver Bitcoin" as it is not trying to become a competitor for Bitcoin. The symbol for Litecoin is LTC or simply L.
Pros:
1. Faster Transactions – It is possible to create a new Litecoin block in just 2.5 minutes which means that the transactions will get confirmed quickly. It will take at least 10 minutes to create Bitcoin blocks.
2. Good market cap – As per the recent statistics, Litecoin is in the Top 5 ranks of the market capitalization as it has crossed the margin of $2 billion.
3. SegWit – Litecoin recently has activated the new feature named Segregated Witness (SegWit) into its network which has increased its transaction capacity 8x times more than Bitcoin.
4. Easy mining – The mining algorithm of Litecoin is simpler than that of Bitcoin. So it consumes less power and space when compared with other cryptocurrencies.
5. Low transaction fees – The transaction fees of Litecoin is very less when compared to that of Bitcoin.
6. Lightning Network – This feature has been enabled for Litecoin which will help the users to make transactions outside the blockchain network. Lightning Network will solve the scalability issues and lower the transaction fees.
Cons:
1. The network hash rate of Litecoin is low. It is around 90,000 Mega Hashes per second when compared with 20,000 Tera Hashes per second of Bitcoin.
2. Litecoin is not widely accepted by merchants when compared to Bitcoins.
3. Only a few wallets are available for Litecoin.
4. Many crypto exchanges do not provide support for Litecoin.
Pros:
1. Faster Transactions – It is possible to create a new Litecoin block in just 2.5 minutes which means that the transactions will get confirmed quickly. It will take at least 10 minutes to create Bitcoin blocks.
2. Good market cap – As per the recent statistics, Litecoin is in the Top 5 ranks of the market capitalization as it has crossed the margin of $2 billion.
3. SegWit – Litecoin recently has activated the new feature named Segregated Witness (SegWit) into its network which has increased its transaction capacity 8x times more than Bitcoin.
4. Easy mining – The mining algorithm of Litecoin is simpler than that of Bitcoin. So it consumes less power and space when compared with other cryptocurrencies.
5. Low transaction fees – The transaction fees of Litecoin is very less when compared to that of Bitcoin.
6. Lightning Network – This feature has been enabled for Litecoin which will help the users to make transactions outside the blockchain network. Lightning Network will solve the scalability issues and lower the transaction fees.
Cons:
1. The network hash rate of Litecoin is low. It is around 90,000 Mega Hashes per second when compared with 20,000 Tera Hashes per second of Bitcoin.
2. Litecoin is not widely accepted by merchants when compared to Bitcoins.
3. Only a few wallets are available for Litecoin.
4. Many crypto exchanges do not provide support for Litecoin.