r/litecoin • • 6h ago

Why'd you get into Litecoin?

11 Upvotes

I did it after buying Bitcoin, because the dollar's days are numbered and I believe in sound money. Same concept as Bitcoin, but faster and cheaper. I've yet to encounter someone that says they wanted to make $5k, or just to double their money. Conviction wins when assets emerge to go to their true value. Don't forget that when the green candles start showing up soon.


r/litecoin • • 11h ago

Too soon?

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10 Upvotes

r/litecoin • • 1d ago

Thinking about Litecoin

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49 Upvotes

r/litecoin • • 2d ago

Litecoin price potential compared against bitcoin.

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34 Upvotes

For me, Litecoin’s potential upside compared to Bitcoin is far more compelling.

The attached chart shows what would happen if Bitcoin and Litecoin experienced the same percentage growth from their current prices.

Personally, I believe Litecoin has significantly more room to grow, especially when you consider the recent price movement we’ve seen with Zcash.

It makes you wonder just how much potential Litecoin really has.

2027 halving incoming.


r/litecoin • • 3d ago

I’m ackshually pretty bullish on Litecoin.

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108 Upvotes

r/litecoin • • 3d ago

Litecoin Milestones

22 Upvotes

What's the goals or milestones for being a Litecoin holder? Holding 4 would be like holding 1 BTC if we're looking purely at supply, so I was curious what everyone else thought. Also would like to know top 10%, 1%, 0.1% club etc


r/litecoin • • 4d ago

Banks are dumb

32 Upvotes

You ever need to make a large withdrawal and the bank says “uhh, sorry, you can’t take that much right now. Or, “sorry, we have to charge you a $50 fee to send that $100 gift to your sister in another country.

This is why I Litecoin.

I’m my own bank beach.


r/litecoin • • 7d ago

An X post on Litecoin...

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76 Upvotes

r/litecoin • • 7d ago

Luxfolio Mining Opens their Mining Pool LuxxPool to the public.

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25 Upvotes

BREAKING: LuxxPool is live in public beta! ⛏️

Connect your Scrypt miner to one stratum endpoint and mine Litecoin, Dogecoin, and eight more coins at the same time.

1% pool fee • PPLNS rewards
Get started: luxxpool.luxxlabs.ca
The first Scrypt pool to direct a portion of proceeds to the LTCFoundation.

Coming soon:
• Auto-convert mined coins to currency of choice.
• Built-in wallet integration for merge-mined coins
• Automatic payouts
• LuxxBuxx

It’s not luck-It’s LUXX
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r/litecoin • • 8d ago

P2P Litecoin

13 Upvotes

What is the most the easiest/fastest way to buy Litecoin P2P these days?


r/litecoin • • 8d ago

My Litecoin Payment

16 Upvotes

Last night, I dreamed I paid for lunch with Litecoin.

The cashier asked:
Why don't you just use your bank card?

I said:
Because I prefer paying with Litecoin...

He nodded and handed me my receipt.

Then I woke up...

(Still waiting for the dream to become reality) 😂😂😂


r/litecoin • • 9d ago

The Litecoin and DeLorean Partnership

24 Upvotes

The Litecoin and DeLorean Partnership

What do you think about this?


r/litecoin • • 9d ago

Can anyone tell me about this?

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Looking for info on this physical coin I bought.


r/litecoin • • 9d ago

Look at us nerrrddss.

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31 Upvotes

Does it really matter what others say? We know what Litecoin is. We know where it’s going. Nerds win in the end.


r/litecoin • • 10d ago

Excited to see what’s in store for Litecoin over the next few years. A crypto that just works and has a reliable 15 year usage. 2027 halving incoming!

59 Upvotes

r/litecoin • • 10d ago

The convo when merge mining was first discussed.

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r/litecoin • • 11d ago

Time to get equivalent.

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34 Upvotes

With gold being at $4,200 and silver at $58, it makes sense for a Litecoin to have equivalent real-world value compared to Bitcoin.

This post is for entertainment. Nothing in this post is financial advice. Please, invest responsibly and do your own research.

To estimate what price Litecoin (LTC) would trade at if it matched the supply/value relationships seen in gold and silver, we can look at two standard analytical models: supply-weighted parity with Bitcoin and the Gold-to-Silver ratio.

Model 1: Supply-Weighted Parity to Bitcoin (The "4 to 1" Model)

The Logic: Litecoin's hard cap total supply is 84 million LTC, exactly 4 times Bitcoin's hard cap supply of 21 million BTC. If Litecoin held the exact same market valuation relative to its supply as Bitcoin does, 1 LTC would equal 0.25 BTC (or 25% of Bitcoin's price).

| Bitcoin (BTC) Price | Implied Litecoin (LTC) Price (1 LTC = 0.25 BTC|

|---|---|

| $60,000 | $15,000 |

| $80,000 | $20,000 |

| $100,000 | $25,000 |

Model 2: The Historical Gold-to-Silver Ratio Model

The Logic: In real-world physical commodities, silver does not maintain a strict 4:1 price relationship with gold based on production volume. Historically, the Gold-to-Silver price ratio fluctuates between 60:1 and 90:1 (averaging around 80:1 in modern markets).

\ Applying this traditional 80:1 ratio directly to Bitcoin (as Digital Gold) and Litecoin (as Digital Silver)*:

Bitcoin (BTC) Price

Implied Litecoin Price at 80:1 Ratio (1 LTC = 0.0125 BTC |

| $60,000 | $750 |

| $80,000 | $1,000 |

| $100,000 | $1,250 |

Under strict supply proportion (4:1): Litecoin would be worth $15,000 – $25,000+ depending on Bitcoin's market price.

Under realistic commodity ratios (80:1): Litecoin would be worth $750 – $1,250+.

Why the partnerships aren't moving price? What can actually move Litecoin?

The core issue comes down to the difference between utility announcements and market mechanics.

​In crypto markets, merchant partnerships (like bitpay integrations, processor adoption, or retail payment options) show that Litecoin functions well as a transaction network, but they rarely create sustained upward price movement.

Source: Coinhub

Why Partnerships Don't Move the Price

"Corporate Partnerships Don't Force Capital Lockup"

When a major payment processor or merchant integrates Litecoin, it creates velocity, not scarcity.

​If a customer pays a vendor in LTC, the payment gateway usually sells that LTC for fiat immediately to protect the vendor from volatility.

​This results in a buy and an instant sell on the open market, yielding a net-zero impact on spot order books.

Sell-Side Pressure from Miners and Old Supply

Litecoin is a Proof-of-Work coin where miners continually incur electricity and hardware overhead. They are forced to liquidate LTC regularly to maintain operations. Without massive, persistent capital inflows absorbing that sell pressure, "good news" announcements get sold into by traders looking for liquidity.

Market Attention Has Shifted from "Payments" to "Yield & Leverage"

In modern market cycles, speculative capital tends to chase tokenomics with native staking yields, smart contract ecosystems, or meme momentum. Pure payment-rail coins (like LTC or BCH) are often priced by institutions as utility infrastructure rather than high-beta speculative assets.

What Can Actually Move Litecoin?

For Litecoin to break out of its multi-year ranges and undergo a structural repricing, specific market catalysts are required:

1. ​A Spot ETF Approval (Institutional Inflows)

Spot ETFs force custodial institutions (like BlackRock or Fidelity) to purchase and lock up physical LTC from open markets to back share creation.

​This strips floating supply off exchanges, turning institutional demand into permanent spot accumulation rather than transient payment velocity.

2. Massive Spikes in Bitcoin On-Chain Gas Fees

When Bitcoin mempools become severely congested and network transaction fees surge to $50–$100+, retail users and arbitrage desks pivot to alternative UTXO chains.

​During these fee spikes, Litecoin serves as an active settlement rail, driving authentic liquidity and capital rotation directly from BTC into LTC.

Macro Crypto Capital Rotation (The "LTC/BTC" Ratio Reversion)

Late in crypto market cycles, after Bitcoin consolidates at higher valuations, capital frequently rotates down the risk curve into legacy, highly liquid, large-cap assets.

​A violent short squeeze on the LTC/BTC trading pair can force paper-short positions to close, triggering multi-week rallies driven by market microstructure rather than news headlines.

Structural Supply Squeezes

Real price expansion requires a structural reduction of liquid exchange supply. When exchange balances drop continuously while OTC (Over-The-Counter) desks run low on inventory, market buys hit thin sell-side order books, causing rapid price slippage upward.


r/litecoin • • 11d ago

$PEP always shows up

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60 Upvotes

r/litecoin • • 11d ago

LTC could in theory go as high as 10k per tooken

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104 Upvotes

I know this right now seems impossible, but remember what Zcash did.

Chart looks very similar than that of XRP 10 years ago.

Be well.


r/litecoin • • 12d ago

It’s a rough job but someone has to do it.

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85 Upvotes

r/litecoin • • 13d ago

Litecoin turned 15 today.

71 Upvotes

I’ve been around since mid 2017. Wild how much Litecoin has grown these last few years as a true cryptocurrency.

Looking forward to another 15 years of LTC as my digital money.

Mainstream payment adoption is next


r/litecoin • • 13d ago

Happy Birthday to Litecoin! "15 Years of Litecoin & 15 Milestones"

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r/litecoin • • 13d ago

Litecoin’s network went live 1️⃣5️⃣ years ago today 🎂

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81 Upvotes

The genesis block came 6 days earlier, with a headline about Steve Jobs’ death written into it to prove it hadn’t been mined in secret. But October 13, 2011 was the day it actually opened to everyone, at a time the community picked by vote.

15 years on, it’s outlived most of what launched alongside it and remains one of the fastest ways to move money on-chain.

Here’s to another year, and thank you for the one of the best interns out there, Litecoin! 🎉


r/litecoin • • 14d ago

Litecoin is Digital Silver

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86 Upvotes

r/litecoin • • 16d ago

What have you done for Litecoin today?

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62 Upvotes