Lettercoin
Litecoin (LTC, currency symbol: 321;) It is a kind of network currency based on "peer-to-peer" technology. It is also an open source software project under MIT / X11 license. It can help users make instant payments to anyone in the world< better use of digital currency trading platform coin exchange
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lightcoin is inspired by bitcoin (BTC), and has the same implementation principle in technology. The creation and transfer of lightcoin is based on an open source encryption protocol, and is not managed by any central organization. Lightcoin aims to improve bitcoin. Compared with bitcoin, lightcoin has three significant differences. First, the lightcoin network can process a block every 2.5 minutes (instead of 10 minutes), so it can provide faster transaction confirmation. Second, the lightcoin network is expected to proce 84 million lightcoins, four times the amount of money issued by bitcoin network. Thirdly, the scrypt encryption algorithm first proposed by Colin Percival is used in lightcoin's workload proof algorithm, which makes it easier to mine lightcoin on ordinary computer than bitcoin. Each Leyte is divided into 100000000 smaller units, defined by eight decimal places
According to the domestic bitcoin, lightcoin trading platform bitcoin China and fire coin network quotation: at present, the price of lightcoin is about 58 yuan
recently, e to the FBI auction of bitcoin and the rumor that the Bank of communications will thoroughly investigate the account number of bitcoin trading platform and the impact of bitcoin core developers' outcry for stagnation in the development of bitcoin basic protocol, the prices of bitcoin and lightcoin have dropped. Among them, the price of lightcoin has not been affected by the rising price of bitcoin. The price is moderate and keeps growing slowly. When the price of bitcoin falls, lightcoin still falls
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design purpose
based on bitcoin protocol, but different from bitcoin, even at the present stage, it can efficiently "mine" through consumer hardware. Liteoin provides you with faster transaction confirmation (2.5 minutes on average). It uses hard memory and mining workload proof algorithm based on scrypt (an encryption algorithm). It is oriented to ordinary computer and graphics processor (GPU) used by most people. The litecain network is expected to proce 84 million currency units
one of the design purposes of litecoin is to provide a mining algorithm, which can be run simultaneously on the bitcoin mining machine. With the rise of application specific integrated circuits (ASIC) designed for bitcoin mining, litecoin is also closely following the technological evolution. But before the widespread use of litecoin currency, it is unlikely that there will be an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) specially designed for litecoin
bitcoin, lightcoin and other virtual cryptocurrencies are defined by the central bank as a kind of special Internet goods in China. Citizens can buy and sell freely at their own risk, which denies their monetary attribute. Central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan once said that bitcoin is more like a tradable asset, similar to stamps. Since it's a commodity or asset, it's legal. Citizens' property is sacred and inviolable. Bitcoin house also published the full text of the joint notice on bitcoin risk issued by the central bank and other five ministries and commissions in 2013. You can see it from the emotional point of view
most of the major countries in the world also adopt a cold attitude towards bitcoin, because bitcoin may be used for money laundering, drug trading and other illegal activities.
At 15:16 on June 20, 2015, the price of bitcoin in China is: 17.27 yuan / piece. Here is the market chart:
litecoin is short for LTC, and its English name is litecoin. Litecoin stands for lightweight. The meaning behind litecoin is lightweight currency
1. Bitcoin generates a block every 10 minutes, while lightcoin LTC generates a block every 2.5 minutes. This means that lightcoin has faster transaction confirmation efficiency. Bitcoin transfer sometimes takes 1 hour or even longer to arrive at the account, but lightcoin generally takes less than 20 minutes to confirm
2. Since the LTC speed of lightcoin is four times that of bitcoin, and the reward of each block is the same as bitcoin, the total amount of money is four times that of bitcoin, which is 84 million lightcoins, which is higher than that of bitcoin<
3. Bitcoin adopts sha256 encryption algorithm, and lightcoin adopts script encryption algorithm. Compared with bitcoin, lightcoin LTC has a slightly lower computational load, which makes it easier to mine and more suitable for graphics card
(GPU) operation. At the same time, FPGA (field programmable gate array) and ASIC (application specific integrated circuit) implemented for script are better than sha256 used for bitcoin, More expensive.
however, once it reaches the bottom of the market, it will start to warm up. Don't forget, last year was a big bull market after LTC / BTC fell below 1%
will LTC return to zero
I don't think so. I'm not saying that LTC will not fall any more. I'm just saying that if BTC has a bull market in the future, LTC will certainly have a bull market. The essence of LTC's current decline is that the niche coincides with BTC, which has no characteristics and application. The myth that scrypt algorithm can resist mining machine has been shattered
but what about other counterfeit coins
e to the strategy of fast halving, the computing power of dog coin is far from enough to compete with LTC. In theory, other algorithms such as X11 and x13, which are known to be able to resist mining machines, will be cracked sooner or later. In fact, coins such as mark and black, which are characterized by anonymity, are not very competitive. Anonymity is just a small demand, Can you imagine that money will be completely anonymous in the future? Anonymity is always just a small demand
I saw a "dark forest theory of cryptography currency" before, and I really forgot who put forward it in the circle. What I said was that under the premise of mining machinery, the currency of sha256 algorithm is easy to be killed by Avalon, so it doesn't grow very long; Now scrypt algorithm mining machine comes out, who is the master of this algorithm field? It can only be LTC. After a lot of currencies fall to a certain extent, they are in danger without the support of computing power. They speed up the capital flight, then speed up the escape of computing power, and enter the dead cycle. It's very difficult to get out and finally die slowly
dog coin is now in such a cycle. Coupled with the fact that it has been halved too fast, the escape of computing power is more obvious. Without computing power, the pow coin is a joke. The system is weak, and the big money can only go out, but the price has been falling, so can computing power. In addition, dog is just a fad culture, just like Jiangnan style, Who else is singing in the street now? Therefore, the prospect of dog coin is very bad. The dog coin is like this, and other scrypt coins are not worth mentioning. It seems that LTC dominates scrypt algorithm
BTC applications are colorful and LTC applications are scarce, which can't be compared. However, other currencies don't seem to have any applications either. All kinds of second-generation coins are too busy to worry about. Therefore, it's not a problem. When BTC rises sharply, it's expected that LTC will rise more than BTC
of course, I'm not encouraging you to buy the bottom. I haven't entered the LTC since 60
References: http://zl.yibite.com/point/2014/0814/13553.shtml
you can check these open source codes in the open source community. Most of the normal source code of virtual currency is open source, and it is also open. The risk of virtual currency running away without open source code is great
lightcoin is an unsuccessful test proct of bitcoin. It is said that it is not suitable for ASIC mining. Li & Fung's ASIC miner came out and once accounted for more than 50% of the total network computing power, completely breaking the myth of lightcoin. Apart from more than bitcoin, there is not much innovation. Of course, Leyte coin is the ancestor of Shanzhai coin, and it is still the second largest cryptocurrency in the world
other well-known counterfeit coins include dog coin, Fuyuan coin, Ruibo coin, Yuanbao coin, etc.