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  "version": "2026-10-02.2",
  "reviewed_on": "2026-10-02",
  "screened_article_count": 177,
  "reviewed_article_count": 19,
  "scope": "Targeted source and arithmetic corrections. This does not represent a full fact-check of all 177 articles. AI-assisted; no independent external reviewer claimed.",
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    {
      "id": 102,
      "url": "/articles/the-10-most-expensive-litecoin-transactions-in-history-on-chain-forensics",
      "title": "Why a large Litecoin transaction is not always a whale transfer",
      "change": "Replaced unsupported all-time ranking with 14,278 captured mainnet rows in blocks 3188200–3188249; reviewed change and HogEx limitations. AI-assisted editorial/source and calculation check; not an independent external audit.",
      "sources": [
        "https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin/blob/v0.21.5.8/src/mweb/mweb_node.cpp",
        "https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin/blob/v0.21.5.8/src/script/standard.cpp"
      ],
      "publication_date_retained": "2026-05-17 23:40:36"
    },
    {
      "id": 143,
      "url": "/articles/litecoin-s-first-week-on-chain-archaeology-of-blocks-0-to-1-000",
      "title": "What Litecoin’s first 1,001 block headers actually show",
      "change": "Reconstructed all headers at heights 0–1000; removed unsupported miner, geography and dormancy claims. AI-assisted editorial/source and calculation check; not an independent external audit.",
      "sources": [
        "https://litecoin.com/news/deep-dive-to-celebrate-litecoins-12th-birthday",
        "https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin/blob/v0.21.5.8/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp"
      ],
      "publication_date_retained": "2026-08-03 20:12:17"
    },
    {
      "id": 104,
      "url": "/articles/how-much-litecoin-is-lost-forever-on-chain-forensics-of-dormant-ltc-supply",
      "title": "We checked 998 early Litecoin outputs. Unspent does not mean lost",
      "change": "Replaced unsupported lost-supply and owner estimates with 998 explicit output-zero checks; reviewed selection, null results and cutoff identity. AI-assisted editorial/source and calculation check; not an independent external audit.",
      "sources": [
        "https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin/blob/v0.21.5.8/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp"
      ],
      "publication_date_retained": "2026-05-29 07:58:26"
    },
    {
      "id": 107,
      "url": "/articles/mweb-three-years-on-what-the-adoption-data-actually-says-about-litecoin-privacy",
      "title": "What 50 Litecoin blocks tell us about MWEB activity",
      "change": "Replaced unsupported long-term usage and dormancy claims with 50-block HogAddr and kernel observations. AI-assisted editorial/source and calculation check; not an independent external audit.",
      "sources": [
        "https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin/blob/v0.21.5.8/src/mweb/mweb_node.cpp",
        "https://litecoin.com/news/litecoin-mweb-security-incident-postmortem"
      ],
      "publication_date_retained": "2026-05-31 08:00:17"
    },
    {
      "id": 96,
      "url": "/articles/litecoin-summit-amsterdam-30-days-out-speaker-lineup-confirmed-and-litvm-demo-announced",
      "title": "Litecoin Summit Amsterdam: the verified dates and what remains unconfirmed",
      "change": "Corrected dates and venue; removed unsupported first-person reporting, unsupported programme and demo claims. AI-assisted editorial/source and calculation check; not an independent external audit.",
      "sources": [
        "https://litecoin.com/events",
        "https://litestrategy.gcs-web.com/node/12396/pdf"
      ],
      "publication_date_retained": "2026-05-17 15:45:55"
    },
    {
      "id": 149,
      "url": "/articles/what-would-a-51-attack-on-litecoin-actually-cost-the-math",
      "title": "What a 51% Litecoin attack estimate must assume",
      "change": "Replaced unsupported actual-cost/rental and impossibility claims with declared additional-capacity scenarios. AI-assisted editorial/source and calculation check; not an independent external audit.",
      "sources": [
        "https://shop.bitmain.com/product/detail?pid=000202601231117213075KE92In30601",
        "https://shop.bitmain.com/product/detail?pid=00020260319193617247KLnWSnyl0701",
        "https://shop.bitmain.com/product/detail?pid=00020250930202809720EEqNRF4W065F",
        "https://shop.bitmain.com/product/detail?pid=00020250915134323002Rg6mRplR06C6",
        "https://www.elphapex.com/product?type=Miners",
        "https://www.goldshell.com/product/mini-doge-iii-plus/",
        "https://litecoin.com/news/litecoin-mweb-security-incident-postmortem"
      ],
      "publication_date_retained": "2026-08-23 22:17:34"
    },
    {
      "id": 112,
      "url": "/articles/does-anyone-actually-pay-with-litecoin-in-2026-the-real-adoption-data",
      "title": "Do people pay with Litecoin? Read the denominator before the headline",
      "change": "Checked the latest three primary provider reports; exposed off-chain denominator exclusion and removed unsupported global and cross-provider adoption claims. AI-assisted editorial/source and calculation check; not an independent external audit.",
      "sources": [
        "https://coingate.com/blog/post/crypto-payments-report-2024-year-of-stablecoins",
        "https://coingate.com/blog/post/crypto-payments-data-report-2025",
        "https://coingate.com/blog/post/crypto-payments-data-report-h1-2026"
      ],
      "publication_date_retained": "2026-06-01 19:23:58"
    },
    {
      "id": 119,
      "url": "/articles/is-litecoin-dead-an-honest-data-driven-answer-to-the-ghost-chain-criticism",
      "title": "Is Litecoin a ghost chain? Six claims that need different evidence",
      "change": "Replaced unsourced growth and user figures with explicit definitions and linked frozen observations. AI-assisted editorial/source and calculation check; not an independent external audit.",
      "sources": [
        "https://litecoin.com/news/litecoin-mweb-security-incident-postmortem",
        "https://coingate.com/blog/post/crypto-payments-data-report-h1-2026",
        "https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin/releases"
      ],
      "publication_date_retained": "2026-06-19 19:47:02"
    },
    {
      "id": 109,
      "url": "/articles/the-litecoin-treasury-trade-who-is-hoarding-ltc-on-a-balance-sheet-and-why-it-s-riskier-than-it-looks",
      "title": "A Litecoin treasury stock is not Litecoin: holdings, dilution and NAV",
      "change": "Updated stale holdings with dated primary announcement; avoided incompatible-date NAV and added synthetic per-share sensitivity model. AI-assisted editorial/source and calculation check; not an independent external audit.",
      "sources": [
        "https://litestrategy.gcs-web.com/news-releases/news-release-details/lite-strategy-reports-fiscal-year-2026-financial-results"
      ],
      "publication_date_retained": "2026-05-31 08:00:21"
    },
    {
      "id": 128,
      "url": "/articles/is-litecoin-legal-a-country-by-country-guide-for-2026",
      "title": "Is Litecoin legal? Check the activity, provider and jurisdiction",
      "change": "Removed unsupported world legal map; checked selected regulator materials and made activity, entity and dated-scope distinctions explicit. AI-assisted editorial/source and calculation check; not an independent external audit.",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.knf.gov.pl/komunikacja/komunikaty?articleId=98874&p_id=18",
        "https://www.esma.europa.eu/esmas-activities/digital-finance-and-innovation/markets-crypto-assets-regulation-mica",
        "https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/cryptoassets",
        "https://www.fincen.gov/resources/statutes-regulations/guidance/application-fincens-regulations-certain-business-models"
      ],
      "publication_date_retained": "2026-07-16 08:00:00"
    },
    {
      "id": 130,
      "url": "/articles/the-best-crypto-cards-for-spending-litecoin-in-2026",
      "title": "Spending Litecoin with a crypto card: check the route and the real cost",
      "change": "Removed unsupported card rankings and universal LTC eligibility; added source-based feature distinctions and reproducible synthetic costs. AI-assisted editorial/source and calculation check; not an independent external audit.",
      "sources": [
        "https://help.coinbase.com/en/coinbase/trading-and-funding/coinbase-card/cb-card",
        "https://help.crypto.com/en/articles/3652696-how-do-i-top-up-my-crypto-com-prepaid-visa-card-eu-uk",
        "https://nexo.com/crypto-card"
      ],
      "publication_date_retained": "2026-07-16 11:00:00"
    },
    {
      "id": 55,
      "url": "/articles/litecoin-block-reward-schedule-every-halving-from-2011-to-2142",
      "title": "Litecoin block rewards: every halving and the final subsidy",
      "change": "Recorded an actual 2 October source/calculation consistency review; original study cutoffs and publication date retained. AI-assisted editorial/source and calculation check; not an independent external audit.",
      "sources": [
        "https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin/blob/v0.21.5.8/src/validation.cpp",
        "https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin/blob/v0.21.5.8/src/chainparams.cpp"
      ],
      "publication_date_retained": "2026-04-07 16:39:25"
    },
    {
      "id": 89,
      "url": "/articles/litecoin-s-codebase-exactly-what-charlie-lee-changed-from-bitcoin-core",
      "title": "Litecoin's codebase: Bitcoin ancestry, consensus changes and MWEB",
      "change": "Recorded an actual 2 October source/calculation consistency review; original study cutoffs and publication date retained. AI-assisted editorial/source and calculation check; not an independent external audit.",
      "sources": [
        "https://bitcoin.org/en/release/v0.6.0",
        "https://litecoin.com/news/deep-dive-to-celebrate-litecoins-12th-birthday",
        "https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin/tree/v0.21.5.8/src",
        "https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin/blob/v0.21.5.8/src/chainparams.cpp",
        "https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin/blob/v0.21.5.8/src/validation.cpp",
        "https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin/blob/v0.21.5.8/src/pow.cpp",
        "https://litecoin.com/news/litecoin-mweb-security-incident-postmortem",
        "https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin/releases"
      ],
      "publication_date_retained": "2026-05-17 11:10:00"
    },
    {
      "id": 92,
      "url": "/articles/1-000-at-every-litecoin-milestone-the-time-capsule-that-tells-the-whole-story",
      "title": "$1,000 at Litecoin milestones: a reproducible historical comparison",
      "change": "Recorded an actual 2 October source/calculation consistency review; original study cutoffs and publication date retained. AI-assisted editorial/source and calculation check; not an independent external audit.",
      "sources": [
        "https://litecoin.com/news/deep-dive-to-celebrate-litecoins-12th-birthday",
        "https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/litecoin",
        "https://github.com/coinmetrics/data",
        "https://www.reddit.com/r/litecoin/comments/7kzw6q/litecoin_price_tweets_and_conflict_of_interest/"
      ],
      "publication_date_retained": "2026-05-17 11:10:03"
    },
    {
      "id": 177,
      "url": "/articles/what-our-node-has-observed-about-litecoin-confirmation-times-so-far",
      "title": "What our node has observed about Litecoin confirmation times so far",
      "change": "Recorded an actual 2 October source/calculation consistency review; original study cutoffs and publication date retained. AI-assisted editorial/source and calculation check; not an independent external audit.",
      "sources": [
        "https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin/blob/v0.21.5.8/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp"
      ],
      "publication_date_retained": "2026-10-01 22:51:51"
    },
    {
      "id": 81,
      "url": "/articles/what-happens-when-all-84-million-litecoin-are-mined",
      "title": "How could Litecoin mining work after the block subsidy ends?",
      "change": "Separated fee economics from the full issuance schedule; checked nine declared scenarios and protocol scope. AI-assisted, not externally audited.",
      "sources": [
        "https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin/blob/v0.21.5.8/src/validation.cpp",
        "https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin/blob/v0.21.5.8/src/chainparams.cpp"
      ],
      "publication_date_retained": "2026-05-04 20:50:03"
    },
    {
      "id": 78,
      "url": "/articles/litecoin-vs-ethereum-the-comparison-nobody-makes-honestly",
      "title": "Litecoin or Ethereum? Check the payment route before comparing fees",
      "change": "Replaced a repetitive general comparison with a distinct delivery-route checklist; documentation review, not hands-on testing.",
      "sources": [
        "https://ethereum.org/developers/docs/transactions/",
        "https://ethereum.org/developers/docs/gas/"
      ],
      "publication_date_retained": "2026-05-04 20:50:00"
    },
    {
      "id": 73,
      "url": "/articles/litecoin-lightning-network-how-instant-ltc-payments-work",
      "title": "Accepting Litecoin over Lightning: what a merchant must verify",
      "change": "Separated merchant acceptance from channel mechanics; withdrawn universal compatibility assumptions; no deployment or live-payment test claimed.",
      "sources": [
        "https://github.com/lightning/bolts",
        "https://github.com/ltcsuite/lnd",
        "https://docs.lightning.engineering/the-lightning-network/payment-channels/lifecycle-of-a-payment-channel"
      ],
      "publication_date_retained": "2026-05-04 20:49:56"
    },
    {
      "id": 74,
      "url": "/articles/litecoin-tax-guide-how-ltc-is-taxed-in-the-us-uk-eu-and-australia",
      "title": "Keeping Litecoin records: a worked ledger for transfers, fees and payments",
      "change": "Replaced repeated global tax summaries with a reproducible inventory ledger and selected official recordkeeping guidance; no universal tax calculation.",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.irs.gov/filing/digital-assets",
        "https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/cryptoassets-manual/crypto10400"
      ],
      "publication_date_retained": "2026-05-04 20:49:57"
    }
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  "context_link_updates": 6,
  "link_only_articles": [
    {
      "id": 14,
      "url": "/articles/litecoin-vs-ethereum-fundamentals-compared",
      "change": "Context link only; existing review record preserved."
    },
    {
      "id": 24,
      "url": "/articles/litecoin-vs-ethereum-fees-speed-privacy-and-use-cases-compared",
      "change": "Context link only; existing review record preserved."
    },
    {
      "id": 18,
      "url": "/articles/litecoin-lightning-network-instant-payments-guide",
      "change": "Context link only; existing review record preserved."
    },
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      "id": 25,
      "url": "/articles/litecoin-tax-guide-how-to-report-ltc-in-the-us-eu-and-uk",
      "change": "Context link only; existing review record preserved."
    },
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      "url": "/articles/litecoin-summit-amsterdam-2026-what-to-expect-and-why-it-matters",
      "change": "Context link only; existing review record preserved."
    },
    {
      "id": 67,
      "url": "/articles/litecoin-summit-amsterdam-2026-agenda-speakers-and-what-to-expect",
      "change": "Context link only; existing review record preserved."
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