Network & basics articles
Litecoin fundamentals, history, consensus, supply, nodes, scaling and development.
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New Litecoin.watch tools for checking and reconciling payments
Follow transaction outputs, reconcile invoice CSVs and inspect our new confirmation observer. A worked example shows why a matching amount can still need attention.
Litecoin Core 0.21.5.8 released: what the MWEB fixes change
Core 0.21.5.8 strengthens MWEB validation, relay, mining and resource handling. We examine the code, explain the already-passed activation height and provide an operator checklist.
Checking Litecoin Core security claims against release notes
How to distinguish a documented fix, an operator check and an independent security audit when reading Core updates.
Litecoin Summit Amsterdam: the verified dates and what remains unconfirmed
The official archive and a dated panel announcement correct the summit’s dates and venue. Our checklist separates planned talks from demonstrated results.
Litecoin Core 0.21.5.5: what the release notes actually changed
A corrected account of Core 0.21.5.5, with official release notes and an upgrade checklist for operators.
Litecoin Core updates: from the April patch to v0.21.5.8
Review the historical v0.21.5.4 patch and the newer v0.21.5.8 release. Includes an operator checklist for verification, upgrades and service recovery.
Litecoin's 2026 MWEB incidents: what the postmortem establishes
Separate March and April events, the invalid branch and unresolved loss accounting. Includes primary sources and links to current release guidance.
Litecoin Summit Amsterdam 2026: verified details and event archive
Archive of the announced June 2026 Amsterdam event, with verified details and a framework for checking presentations, releases and participation claims.
LitVM testnet: verified documentation, architecture and open questions
A documentation review correcting the old Polygon CDK claim and unsupported hands-on testing. Includes roadmap distinctions and a reproducible test plan.
Litecoin Ordinals and LTC-20: indexing, activity and evidence
Separate inscriptions, indexer rules, token conventions and economic activity. Unsupported totals are replaced with a reproducible measurement framework.
Litecoin's 300 million transactions: the January 2025 milestone in context
Date the transaction milestone correctly and distinguish activity, users and uptime. Include the later security record and measurement limitations.
Litecoin Summit Amsterdam 2026: archive and follow-up research guide
The June 2026 event preview is now an archive. Follow announced topics to filings, software releases and evidence of delivered products.