Litecoin$LTC
is one of the top 20 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization.
- Litecoin was among the earliest altcoins, starting in October 2011.
- It is widely considered the first successful altcoin.
- Litecoin is one of the first altcoins and allows users to send payments quickly and easily.
- It is a decentralized peer-to-peer cryptocurrency and open-source software project released under the MIT/X11 license.
- It is inspired by Bitcoin and shares many similarities with it.