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Litecoin Litecoin is a peer-to-peer Internet currency that enables instant, near-zero cost payments to anyone in the world. Litecoin is an open source, global payment network that is fully decentralized. Mathematics secures the network and empowers individuals to control their own finances. Compared to Bitcoin, Litecoin features faster transaction confirmation times (2.5 minutes) and improved storage efficiency. With substantial industry support, trade volume, and liquidity, Litecoin is a proven medium of commerce complementary to Bitcoin. Litecoin is the second most popular cryptocurrency. For more information, visit the Litecoin page. Getting Started Download the Litecoin Core Client. WARNING: Do not download Litecoin clients from any web sites other than https://litecoin.org (linked above). You should see a security certificate in your browser: Use bootstrap.dat to reduce blockchain download time (from about two days to one hour). Encrypt your wallet with a passphrase. Make sure it is something you will remember! Join the Litecoin forums or log on to IRC and introduce yourself. Start with what interests you: Mining, Development, Trading or use of Litecoin as a currency. Upgrading If you are running a previous version of the Litecoin client and you need to upgrade, please follow the Litecoin upgrade instructions. Contributing To contribute to this Wiki you must create an account. After verification, please take a moment to review our Editing Guidelines. If you are not familiar with wiki editing, but have information to add, or suggestions on how to improve this wiki, please send an e-mail to [email protected] and we will gladly make the appropriate modifications.

Communities Community portal Official Litecoin forum Twitter posts mentioning Litecoin /r/Litecoin on reddit IRC - instant chat Merchants & Services Visit https://litecoin.com for lists of Litecoin exchanges, merchants, and services. Following information is becoming updated and will soon be removed: How to buy litecoins Service directory Price charts Exchanges Donation-accepting sites Mining Mining related articles Mining tutorials Mining software Mining hardware comparison Mining pool comparison Development Follow the core developers on Google+ Technical related pages Litecoin API Transaction fees (including change handling) Node.js Litecoin library Graphics Resources Technology Comparison between Litecoin and Bitcoin scrypt - Litecoin's proof-of-work algorithm

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