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Litecoin (Abbreviation: LTC; sign: Ł) is a decentralized peer-to-peer cryptocurrency and open-source software project released under the MIT/X11 license. Inspired by Bitcoin, Litecoin was among the earliest altcoins, starting in October 2011. [4] [5] In technical details, the Litecoin main chain shares a slightly modified Bitcoin codebase.
Monero (/ m ə ˈ n ɛr oʊ /; Abbreviation: XMR) is a cryptocurrency which uses a blockchain with privacy-enhancing technologies to obfuscate transactions to achieve anonymity and fungibility. Observers cannot decipher addresses trading Monero, transaction amounts, address balances, or transaction histories.
Since the creation of bitcoin in 2009, the number of new cryptocurrencies has expanded rapidly. [1]The UK's Financial Conduct Authority estimated there were over 20,000 different cryptocurrencies by the start of 2023, although many of these were no longer traded and would never grow to a significant size.
Proof-of-work blockchains such as bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, and Monero were estimated to have added between 3 million and 15 million tons of carbon dioxide (CO 2) to the atmosphere in the period from 1 January 2016 to 30 June 2017. [250]
The analysis of public blockchains has become increasingly important with the popularity of bitcoin, Ethereum, litecoin and other cryptocurrencies. [57] A blockchain, if it is public, provides anyone who wants access to observe and analyse the chain data, given one has the know-how.
Taxonomy of money, based on "Central bank cryptocurrencies" by Morten Linnemann Bech and Rodney Garratt. Digital currency (digital money, electronic money or electronic currency) is any currency, money, or money-like asset that is primarily managed, stored or exchanged on digital computer systems, especially over the internet.
Litecoin: Oct 8, 2011 Charlie Lee LTC PoW: Yes (scripts) Yes [1] [3] Peercoin: Aug 19, 2012 PPC PoW: Yes (scripts) No [1] [4] Primecoin: Jul 7, 2013 Sunny King XPM PoW: Work is finding long Cunningham chains of prime numbers: MazaCoin: 2014? Payu Harris, AnonymousPirate [5] MAZA Initially created for the Oglala Lakota Tribe, [5] but never quite ...
Proof of work (PoW) is a form of cryptographic proof in which one party (the prover) proves to others (the verifiers) that a certain amount of a specific computational effort has been expended. [1]