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Guides, news, and analysis — the full Litecoin.watch library
Every major Scrypt pool compared: fees, payout schemes, merged Dogecoin handling, and the uncomfortable math of five pools coordinating most of Litecoin's hashrate.
Analysis · Jun 8, 2026Litecoin and Dogecoin share one Scrypt computation through AuxPoW. On modern hardware DOGE often pays the bigger share. Here's what actually breaks if either coin falls.
Guide · Apr 7, 2026Two coins, one algorithm, zero extra electricity. Since 2014, Litecoin and Dogecoin mine together — and this symbiosis is the reason both chains are still alive. How merged mining
Guide · Mar 22, 2026Litecoin hashrate hit 3.34 PH/s — an all-time high. How merged mining with Dogecoin doubles the security budget, what a 51% attack would cost, and why the 2027 halving creates a te
Analysis · Mar 22, 2026The fourth Litecoin halving hits block 3,360,000 around July 2027. All three previous halvings were sell-the-news events. Here is the complete data, mining economics, and the playb
Guide · Feb 25, 2026A comprehensive technical guide to the Scrypt hashing algorithm used by Litecoin. Learn how Scrypt works, why Charlie Lee chose it, how it differs from SHA-256, its ASIC evolution,
Guide · Jan 21, 2026Everything you need to know about mining LTC in 2026. Current hardware, electricity costs, pool options, and realistic profitability expectations.
Guide · Jul 20, 2026Mining, getting paid, cashback, lending, faucets, and the scam tier: every way people try to earn LTC in 2026, ranked with real numbers and zero sales pitch.
Guide · May 29, 2026Breakeven math for the Antminer L7 and L9 at five electricity tiers, before and after the 2027 Litecoin halving. The twist nobody prices in: DOGE merge-mining, not LTC, decides who
Analysis · May 29, 2026A data-driven swing at how much Litecoin is gone for good, built on dormancy cohorts, early-mining forensics, and an honest accounting of what the chain can and can't tell us.
News · May 17, 2026Hashrate climbs to 3.5 PH/s while LTC trades at $56. Miner confidence at record levels. New Antminer L11 deployment, merged mining economics, and what the divergence signals.
Analysis · May 4, 202690% already mined. By 2043, block rewards drop below 0.2 LTC. The security budget problem, fee market reality, and why Dogecoin merged mining might save the network.
Guide · May 4, 2026Every LTC sale, spend, and swap is a taxable event. Capital gains rates by country, cost basis methods, mining income rules, DCA complexity, and reporting tools.
News · May 4, 2026Two critical bugs patched: MWEB inflation vulnerability and mining node DoS. Step-by-step update guide for Windows, Linux, Mac. Only 52% of nodes upgraded so far.
Guide · Apr 7, 2026748 GWh/year. 18-67 kWh per transaction. How merged mining changes the calculation and why the ESG narrative misses the security argument.
Guide · Oct 22, 2025Block time, supply, fees, mining, privacy, and adoption. An in-depth comparison of the two original proof-of-work cryptocurrencies.
Guide · Aug 3, 2026Tiny unsolicited deposits in your Litecoin wallet are usually dusting or address poisoning. Neither can steal funds by itself. How both attacks work, and the simple habits that mak
Analysis · Aug 3, 2026Four boom-bust cycles, two sold-the-news halvings, one founder who cashed out at the top. Every major Litecoin cycle from 2011 to 2026, with the causes behind the numbers.
Analysis · Aug 3, 2026What the first thousand Litecoin blocks from October 2011 actually show: a Steve Jobs headline, a 150 LTC head start, CPU miners, and rewards that never moved.
Analysis · Aug 3, 2026We scored Litecoin's decentralization with actual numbers: pool hashrate shares, node counts, rich-list data, and a Nakamoto coefficient that should make you slightly uncomfortable
Analysis · Jul 20, 2026Three internally consistent futures for LTC: quiet utility, slow fade, or second wind. Explicit conditions, watchable early signals, and the fee-market problem nobody has solved. N
Analysis · Jul 20, 2026Charlie Lee changed one number in Bitcoin's code and got a different coin. A deep dive into Litecoin's 2.5-minute block time: orphan physics, honest security math, and why nobody a
Guide · Jul 20, 2026Follow 100 LTC from the moment someone hits Send to permanent settlement: UTXO selection, gossip, an empty mempool, a Scrypt farm, and six confirmations in about 15 minutes.
Analysis · Jul 20, 2026Litecoin shares Bitcoin's code, curve, and correlation. We model four Bitcoin failure scenarios honestly: which ones LTC dodges, which it inherits, and why it's not the hedge you t
Analysis · Jul 20, 2026Litecoin launched in 2011 with a forum post and open-source code, not a whitepaper. Why that omission was honest, what documents actually define LTC, and why great whitepapers neve
Analysis · Jul 20, 2026China banned crypto three times. Nigeria cut the banking rails. Korea delisted LTC by name. What states can actually do to Litecoin, what they can't, and why both truths matter.
Analysis · Jul 16, 2026Litecoin trades around 90% below its 2021 high, which makes "is it too late" the wrong question. A framework for thinking about entry, cycles, the 2027 halving, and position sizing
Guide · Jul 16, 2026Owning Litecoin is legal almost everywhere. The real differences are in whether you can pay with it, how it is taxed, and whether local exchanges can still serve you. A practical 2
Guide · Jun 28, 2026Litecoin is capped at 84 million coins, with roughly 76 million already mined by 2026. Here's how issuance, halvings, and lost coins shape the real number.
Analysis · Jun 19, 2026Bitcoin's direction explains most of LTC's daily move. Here are the genuine price drivers, honestly weighted - and the overrated ones (halvings, ETFs, partnerships) debunked.