What is Litecoin?
It is a peer-to-peer Internet currency that enables instant, near-zero cost payments to anyone in the world. It is an open source, global payment network that is fully decentralized without any central authorities.
Litecoin is a tool in the Blockchain category of a tech stack.
Litecoin is an open source tool with 4.3K GitHub stars and 3K GitHub forks. Here’s a link to Litecoin's open source repository on GitHub
Who uses Litecoin?
Companies
5 companies reportedly use Litecoin in their tech stacks, including Bit2C, Blockchain Development, and likewallet.
Developers
12 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Litecoin.
Litecoin Integrations
Python, Golang, C++, Rust, and Blockchain are some of the popular tools that integrate with Litecoin. Here's a list of all 6 tools that integrate with Litecoin.
Litecoin's Features
- Faster transaction
- Improved storage efficiency
- Leading math-based currency
- Trade volume
- Liquidity
Litecoin Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Litecoin?
Ethereum
A decentralized platform for applications that run exactly as programmed without any chance of fraud, censorship or third-party interference.
Ripple
It is an open source protocol which is designed to allow fast and cheap transactions.
Dash
Dash is an API Documentation Browser and Code Snippet Manager. Dash stores snippets of code and instantly searches offline documentation sets for 150+ APIs. You can even generate your own docsets or request docsets to be included.
JavaScript
JavaScript is most known as the scripting language for Web pages, but used in many non-browser environments as well such as node.js or Apache CouchDB. It is a prototype-based, multi-paradigm scripting language that is dynamic,and supports object-oriented, imperative, and functional programming styles.
Git
Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.
