Litecoin Core
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| Maintainer | Litecoin Project |
| developer | Charlie Lee , Adrian Gallagher and others |
| Publishing year | 2011 |
| Current version | 0.17.1 (May 31, 2019) |
| operating system | Windows , GNU / Linux , macOS |
| programming language | C ++ |
| category | electronic money |
| License | MIT license |
| German speaking | Yes |
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Litecoin Core is the reference implementation of Litecoin . It was split off in 2011 from Charlie Lee and other developers of Bitcoin Core and has been developed separately on the same basis since then. The reference software validates the entire blockchain, including all transactions ever made. It also contains a wallet function and a Litecoin miner with which the user can also actively participate in the Litecoin network.
History of origin
Since Litecoin-Core was the first reference implementation for Litecoin, it was created at the same time as Litecoin itself. It was announced on October 9, 2011 by Charlie Lee in the Bitcointalk Forum. Litecoin was created for the reason that there were no real altcoins compared to Bitcoin at the time. Alternatives to Bitcoin such as ixcoin, i0coin, GeistGeld or Fairbrix were abandoned after a very short time. However, Lee wanted to create a cryptocurrency that combines all the advantages of these cryptocurrencies. The Litecoin Network finally started on October 13, 2011. The Genesis Block was mined by Charlie Lee on October 10.
development
Since Litecoin is a split-off version of Bitcoin Core, the Litecoin Core development team regularly takes over the latest version of the source code and adapts it to the Litecoin protocol. This means that in most cases security gaps that exist in Bitcoin Core also exist in Litecoin Core, such as the Denial-of-Service security gap in September 2018.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Litecoin - Open source P2P digital currency. Retrieved June 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Litecoin 0. Retrieved June 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Alyssa Hertig: Bitcoin Core Developers Move to Fix Denial-of-Service Software Bug. In: CoinDesk. September 19, 2018. Retrieved June 7, 2019 (American English).