Rootstock is now live on BTC and is coming to LTC. Here a brief overview of how it works. What is Rootstock? Rootstock (RSK) is an open-source platform. It uses the concept of a “sidechain” to bring

On April 20, 2018, ecurrencyhodler bought 1 month’s worth of reddit gold and tipped Loshan1212 through Bitrefill with Litecoin on the Lightning Network. However, this isn’t the first Litecoin transaction

LTC-Lightning-Network-lnd-Guide This is a step-by-step main net tutorial on how to setup a Lightning Network node for Litecoin on a Mac. It is specifically for the lnd client by the Lightning Labs. You

On Thursday March 15, 2018, Abra announced that it would be using Litecoin as the primary asset class on their mobile exchange. The significance of this development should not be understated. However,

There’s never a dull moment in the world of Bitcoin. In less than a year, it has survived two contentious scaling proposals: Bitcoin Cash and Segwit 2x. Even though the drama has died down for the most

On March 1, 2018, Litecoin Core v.0.15.1 was released. One revision included in this update was that the minimum relay fee was lowered to 0.00001 LTC/kB but the minimum transaction fee stayed at 0.001

With the boom of the cryptomarkets in 2017, the prototypical Bitcoin millionaire stories that you’ve most likely heard of probably fell into 1 of 2 categories: They held onto the Bitcoin they bought years

Litecoin’s New Minimum Transaction and Relay Fees Per KB. Currently, Litecoin’s minimum transaction and relay fees are set by default to 0.001 LTC/kb. However with the recent increase in Litecoin’s price,

When Bitcoin reach its lock-in threshold for SegWit on August 8, 2017, I was convinced of two things: 1) Bitcoin’s price would soar 2) There are now two ecosystems emerging in crypto. 1. The Ethereum Ecosystem

Today, there have been various reports of high Litecoin transaction fees and long confirmation times. Here's a screenshot from r/litecoin today: Now there is some FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt) that this

Atomic Swaps is the ability to perform instant cross-chain transactions. In other words, you'll be able to trade one coin for another without an exchange. This technology is being actively developed, as

Fred Ehrsam, co-founder of Coinbase, recently went on Bloomberg and offered a surprising take on the future of blockchain technology. He believes the blockchain is set to not only disrupt financial

In Part 2, we looked at how the Lightning Network (LN) would work between 2 people. In this final article, we will explore how the LN works between 3 people, how Atomic Swaps work, and the full picture

In Part 1, we talked about multisig addresses and how you can have Open Channel Payments and Closed Channel Payments. These are the building blocks of the Lightning Network (LN). Now let’s look at how

On August 8, Bitcoin reached its lock-in threshold for SegWit. This is great news because there are many exciting developments in the pipeline for Bitcoin such as the Lightning Network. This technology

Black Mirror is a unique t.v. series that explore different dimensions of society, often in a futuristic setting. One of my most favorite episodes from this series is called "Nosedive." The episode

u/mastertrader777 is our friendly neighborhood #ltc whale on the r/litecoin subreddit and has contributed the largest donation to date at 7.777LTC. If you couldn't tell, 7's are his trade mark ;) We are

The pump of LTC didn't hurt either. haha. But we are now at a total of 37.22470438LTC! Since my last post we've jumped over 10 LTC not only over reddit but also twitter. People are continuously demonstrating

In the 2nd day of the pledge drive, we've had people donate via reddit and on twitter totaling 26.26608853 LTC or just over $1000!! Let's keep the momentum going by shooting for 30LTC! Follow the movement

The goal is 44,000 people to send 0.02 LTC to the Litecoin Foundation. But as you can see below, redditors and people on twitter have been more than generous donating on average 1LTC. The pledge count