Unlike Bitcoin, Litecoin uses the memory intensive Scrypt proof of work mining algorithm. Scrypt allows consumer-grade hardware such as GPU to mine those coins, meaning that you can still mine Litecoin on a Mac or on Windows either solo or via a pool, something no longer possible for Bitcoin mining. Nowadays, Bitcoin is mined by industrial conglomerates mostly in China. Bitcoin is the crypto OG, just saying it's always wise to diversify your portfolio.
Litecoin (LTC) is a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency and open-source software project released under the MIT/X11 license. Litecoin was an early bitcoin spinoff of altcoin, starting in October 2011. In technical details, Litecoin is nearly identical to Bitcoin. Litecoin was released via an open-source client on GitHub on October 7, 2011 by Charlie Lee, a Google employee who later became Engineering Director at Coinbase. The Litecoin network went live on October 13, 2011. It was a source code fork of the Bitcoin Core client, differing primarily by having a decreased block generation time (2.5 minutes), increased maximum number of coins, different hashing algorithm (scrypt, instead of SHA-256), and a slightly modified GUI.
During the month of November 2013, the aggregate value of Litecoin experienced massive growth which included a 100% leap within 24 hours. In May 2017, Litecoin became the first of the top 5 (by market cap) cryptocurrencies to adopt Segregated Witness. Later in May of the same year, the first Lightning Network transaction was completed through Litecoin, transferring 0.00000001 LTC from Zürich to San Francisco in under one second. The Litecoin Network aims to process a block every 2.5 minutes, rather than Bitcoin's 10 minutes. This allows Litecoin to confirm transactions much faster than Bitcoin.
Do your own due diligence, your risk is 100% your responsibility. You win some or you learn some. Consider being charitable with some of your profit to help humankind. Small incremental steps work : If you double a penny for a month it = $5,368,709. Good luck and happy trading friends...
Started a new accumulation on 12/24/20 at 3:17pm EST Been adding dca on the dips since then I'm HODL & DCA
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Consolidation on the 1hr, I dca’d more:
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Looks like a cup the past 12hrs
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Litecoin hit $135 resistance level several times so far today. 5th time the charm for a breakthrough? It keeps bouncing around $128 - $135...
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Consolidation within an upward trend channel on the 4hr:
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I just bought more dca. Prolly done now just HODL. Goodnight. The Litecoin blockchain is the largest global scrypt based network, operating with 100% uptime since 2011.
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Nice pop to $138 at 1:30am and woosh shakeout $122 by 7:30am. Lol. That's crypto fer ya. Looks like all crypto spiked & then dropped. I wonder if this has anything to do with Trump letting unemployment expire, yada, yada, not signing covid relief bill / 2021 government budget by midnight? Or simply peeps taking their profits before market open tomorrow...
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Did some dpa (dollar profit average) just sold some at $137.
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Minus the very obvious volatility, the median price action the past 44hrs, or (11) 4hr candles, is sideways...
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1 day candles, 6 month chart:
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Top 5 market cap crypto 3 month % gain: LTC = green BTC = blue ETH = orange XRP = red USDT = white
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