myinternetempire
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- Oct 24, 2011
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Here is a list of differences between BTC and LTC
[TABLE="class: table"]
[TR]
[TH][/TH]
[TH]bitcoin[/TH]
[TH]litecoin[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH]Coin limit[/TH]
[TD] 21 Million[/TD]
[TD]84 Million[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH]Algorithm[/TH]
[TD] SHA-256[/TD]
[TD]Scrypt[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH]Mean block time[/TH]
[TD] 10 minutes[/TD]
[TD]2.5 minutes[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH]Difficulty retarget[/TH]
[TD] 2016 block[/TD]
[TD]2016 blocks[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH]Block reward details[/TH]
[TD] Halved every 210,000 blocks.[/TD]
[TD]Halved every 840,000 blocks[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH]Initial reward[/TH]
[TD] 50 BTC[/TD]
[TD]50 LTC[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH]Current block reward[/TH]
[TD] 25 BTC[/TD]
[TD]50 LTC[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH]Created by[/TH]
[TD]Satoshi Nakamoto[/TD]
[TD]Charles Lee[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH]Creation date[/TH]
[TD]January 3rd, 2009[/TD]
[TD]October 7th, 2011[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
[TABLE="class: table"]
[TR]
[TH][/TH]
[TH]bitcoin[/TH]
[TH]litecoin[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH]Coin limit[/TH]
[TD] 21 Million[/TD]
[TD]84 Million[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH]Algorithm[/TH]
[TD] SHA-256[/TD]
[TD]Scrypt[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH]Mean block time[/TH]
[TD] 10 minutes[/TD]
[TD]2.5 minutes[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH]Difficulty retarget[/TH]
[TD] 2016 block[/TD]
[TD]2016 blocks[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH]Block reward details[/TH]
[TD] Halved every 210,000 blocks.[/TD]
[TD]Halved every 840,000 blocks[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH]Initial reward[/TH]
[TD] 50 BTC[/TD]
[TD]50 LTC[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH]Current block reward[/TH]
[TD] 25 BTC[/TD]
[TD]50 LTC[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH]Created by[/TH]
[TD]Satoshi Nakamoto[/TD]
[TD]Charles Lee[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH]Creation date[/TH]
[TD]January 3rd, 2009[/TD]
[TD]October 7th, 2011[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]