LTC

Born as “digital silver” to Bitcoin’s gold, Litecoin delivers fast (2.5-min blocks), low-fee payments with 14 years of flawless uptime. It pioneered key upgrades like SegWit and MimbleWimble privacy while maintaining Bitcoin-like security. With 84M coins and hybrid ASIC/GPU mining, LTC remains the most battle-tested altcoin for real-world spending.