Litecoin · LTC
A fair-launch proof-of-work coin built for fast, cheap payments
A proven fair-launch payments coin you must hold to transact, and one of the most-used coins for real merchant checkout — but mining keeps minting new supply with no buyback, and no serious VC builds a live story around a fast payments chain.
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LTC · fourteen years of clockwork PoW, ~92% mined.
LTC is the native asset of Litecoin, a fair-launch PoW chain running since 2011 — 84M hard cap, ~77.39M circulating (~92% mined).
Sell pressure. Mining emission only — 6.25 LTC/block, about 0.32M LTC / 90D. The next halving lands ~Jul 27 2027.
Buy pressure. No buyback, no fee burn, no foundation accumulation — zero structural absorption.
Net. Pure mining inflation at face value — new supply to market is ~+0.42% over 90 days, halving again next year.
PoW mining emission: 6.25 LTC per block at ~2.5-minute blocks ≈ 3,600 LTC/day ≈ 324K LTC / 90D. The next halving (to 3.125 LTC) lands ~Jul 27 2027 — outside the next 90 days.
Fair launch Oct 2011 — no team allocation, no investor cohort, no vesting schedule ever existed.
The project's foundation is donation-funded with no protocol-level token allocation — same shape as other fair-launch PoW chains. No identified team-controlled overhang.
No bankruptcy estate distributes LTC.
No protocol revenue mechanism exists to fund a buyback.
Transaction fees flow to miners as part of the coinbase — nothing is destroyed.
No foundation accumulation programme.
Pure PoW — no staking, no lockup mechanism.
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