$LTC

LTC is short for Litecoin, a cryptocurrency launched in 2011 by Charlie Lee, a former software engineer at Google. Litecoin is considered one of the oldest and most popular digital currencies after Bitcoin.

Features of Litecoin (LTC):

1. Speed: Litecoin transactions are faster than Bitcoin. Transactions are confirmed in about 2.5 minutes compared to 10 minutes for Bitcoin.

2. Limited Supply: Like Bitcoin, Litecoin has a fixed cap on the number of coins that will be mined (84 million coins).

3. Mining: Litecoin uses the Scrypt algorithm in the mining process, which is different from the SHA-256 algorithm used by Bitcoin.

4. Applications: Litecoin is used as an alternative currency to Bitcoin on many platforms and online stores.

Litecoin is a popular choice for investors.