
What Is Litecoin? How It Works and Why It Matters
Litecoin ($LTC) is a digital currency designed for sending payments fast, cheaply, and without anyone’s permission. It’s Bitcoin’s leaner, more agile cousin. It was built in 2011 by Charlie Lee, a former Google engineer, to solve Bitcoin’s emerging scalability and transaction speed issues. Where Bitcoin aims to be gold, valuable but slow to spend, Litecoin […]