Bitcoin Forum

Since I already have informational threads for FeatherCoin (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=181807.0) and ByteCoin (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=169559.0), and not finding a similar one for Litecoin, I thought I would put one together.

Please post here if you have any links I missed or suggestions.


The [LTC] Litecoin Information Thread


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General Litecoin Info

     The Litecoin Forum - http://forum.litecoin.net/ (http://forum.litecoin.net/)

     Litecoin announcement/kickoff thread - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=47417.0 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=47417.0)   

     Litecoin Block Explorers
    
          http://explorer.litecoin.net/ (http://explorer.litecoin.net/)

          http://ltc.block-explorer.com/ (http://ltc.block-explorer.com/)

          http://litecoinscout.com/ (http://litecoinscout.com/)

     Litecoin Charts

          http://www.ltc-charts.com/ (http://www.ltc-charts.com/)


     Official Client Mirrors

          Source: https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin (https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin)

          Windows (zip): https://github.com/downloads/litecoin-project/litecoin/litecoin-0.6.3c-win32.zip (https://github.com/downloads/litecoin-project/litecoin/litecoin-0.6.3c-win32.zip)

          Windows (exe): https://github.com/downloads/litecoin-project/litecoin/litecoin-0.6.3c-win32-setup.exe (https://github.com/downloads/litecoin-project/litecoin/litecoin-0.6.3c-win32-setup.exe)

          Linux (tgz, 32/64-bit): https://github.com/downloads/litecoin-project/litecoin/litecoin-0.6.3c-linux.tar.gz (https://github.com/downloads/litecoin-project/litecoin/litecoin-0.6.3c-linux.tar.gz)

          Mac OS X: https://github.com/downloads/litecoin-project/litecoin/litecoin-0.6.3c-macosx.dmg (https://github.com/downloads/litecoin-project/litecoin/litecoin-0.6.3c-macosx.dmg)

     Litecoin mining calculators

          https://www.litecoinpool.org/calc (https://www.litecoinpool.org/calc)

          http://litecoinminingcalculator.com (http://litecoinminingcalculator.com)

          http://ltc.kattare.com/calc.php (http://ltc.kattare.com/calc.php)




Litecoin Exchanges

     BTC-e - https://btc-e.com/ (https://btc-e.com/)

     Mt.Gox (*soon) - https://mtgox.com/ (https://mtgox.com/)
          *see last paragraph on second page:  https://mtgox.com/pdf/20130424_ddos_statement_and_faq.pdf (https://mtgox.com/pdf/20130424_ddos_statement_and_faq.pdf)

     Vircurex - https://vircurex.com/ (https://vircurex.com/)


     LTC Financial Sites

          Litecoinglobal.com (https://www.litecoinglobal.com/) Stocks/Bonds/Funds
 
          Markm (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=157495.0) Alt coin options trading - Markm thx



Litecoin Mining Pools

     (Also see below post for more useful information on LTC mining pools.)

     Burnsides Mining Pool - http://ltc.kattare.com (http://ltc.kattare.com)

     Give-Me-LTC - https://give-me-ltc.com (https://give-me-ltc.com)

     Invasion Mining Pool (New) - http://www.invasionnetwork.com (http://www.invasionnetwork.com)

     LitecoinPool - https://www.litecoinpool.org (https://www.litecoinpool.org)

     LTCMine - http://ltcmine.ru/ (http://ltcmine.ru/)

     LTC.Cryptocoined.com (Australian Based) - http://ltc.cryptocoined.com (http://ltc.cryptocoined.com)

     WeMineLTC - https://wemineltc.com (https://wemineltc.com)

     Also see:  
     Mining pool comparison - https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin/wiki/Comparison-of-mining-pools (https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin/wiki/Comparison-of-mining-pools)

    


Mining "Hardware and HowTo" Guides

     Consolidated Litecoin Mining Guide for 5xxx, 6xxx, and 7xxx GPUs - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=117221.0 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=117221.0)

     LTC FPGA Project - https://forum.litecoin.net/index.php/topic,2702.0.html (https://forum.litecoin.net/index.php/topic,2702.0.html)

     Mining hardware comparison - https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin/wiki/Mining-hardware-comparison (https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin/wiki/Mining-hardware-comparison)



Mining Software (Miners)


     AMD (ATI) Based Graphics Cards

          cgminer (use script) - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=28402.0 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=28402.0)


     NVidia Based Graphics Cards

          cudaMiner - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=167229.0 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=167229.0)


Free Litecoins!

     Litecoin Faucets

          LitecoinFaucet.net - http://litecoinfaucet.net/ (http://litecoinfaucet.net/)


Gambling

Various forms of wagering activities you can use to spend your Litecoins on.

     Satoshi Roulette (http://satoshiroulette.com/) - Several casino games including a mixture of dice games and roulette for most cryptocurrencies.

     LTC-Play (http://www.ltc-play.com/) - Roulette, blackjack, and yahtzee

     Greenishblue Litedice (http://greenishblue.info/litedice/) - Another Satoshi Dice clone.

     ltc-lottery.com (http://www.ltc-lottery.com/) - Lottery

     litecointreasure.com (http://www.litecointreasure.com) - Litecointreasure

     http://kamikaze.litecoinland.com/ (http://kamikaze.litecoinland.com/) - kamikaze.litecoinland.com

     http://litecoindice.com (http://litecoindice.com) - Litecoin variant of Satoshi Dice


Gaming

     Litecoingames  (http://www.litecoingames.com/)- Steam Games for LTC

     Spendlitecoins  (http://www.spendlitecoins.com/)- A minecraft server with LTC for its economy.


* Thanks to jasinlee for gambling and gaming links.

Litecoin Mining Pools

Mining Pool Name	Payout	Fee	Stratum	Location	Launch Date	Link
Burnsides Mining Pool	PPLNS	0%	?	?	?	http://ltc.kattare.com (http://ltc.kattare.com)
Coinotron	PPS, RBPPS	5%, 2%	Yes	?	?	https://www.coinotron.com (https://www.coinotron.com)
Give-Me-LTC	PPLNS	2%	Yes	?	March 11, 2103	https://give-me-ltc.com (https://give-me-ltc.com)
Invasion Mining Pool	PPLNS	1.5%	Yes	Central US	April 28, 2013	http://www.invasionnetwork.com (http://www.invasionnetwork.com)
LitecoinPool	PPS	4%	Yes	US, EU	?	https://www.litecoinpool.org (https://www.litecoinpool.org)
LTCMine	PPS	2.5%	?	?	?	http://ltcmine.ru/ (http://ltcmine.ru/)
LTC.Cryptocoined.com	?	?	?	Australian	?	http://ltc.cryptocoined.com (http://ltc.cryptocoined.com)
WeMineLTC	PPLNS	0%	Yes	US, EU	?	https://wemineltc.com (https://wemineltc.com)

I have put the pools into a table format for easier comparison and added more information about each one. Please let me know if you know of any of the missing details or think additional information (another column) about each pool would be useful.

Reserved

Ok, I know there is a lot of Litecoin material out there, and that is why I wanted to put together this consolidated thread. Bear with me as I add the information I find, and please feel free to suggest links and other information I may have missed.

Also, do not be offended if I missed your site yet, especially the pools. I have simply added the ones I have experience with and know there are quite a few others that I will add as I can get to them.

Since this is more of a mature coin than some of the other alts, I would like to stick to more vetted information and the more reputable sites to link to. The concept is a one stop place where someone new to Litecoin can use as a reference point on where to find the most commonly asked for information, and not necessarily an end-all-be-all information source.

With that in mind, post away! :)

Gambling:
http://greenishblue.info/litedice/
There are lots of others but this is the only one I have used.

And I have used Coinotron for my mining pool successfully for over 5 months with no problems at all.

Thanks. I added the LiteDice site.

I am aware of Coinotron, but they have had some recent issues, I think I will wait until a few more current users weigh in before adding them.

https://forum.litecoin.net/index.php?topic=1365.0

Good work :)

Yes I read that, I think it's sorted now, but I'm mining FTC now so can't be 100% sure - If its any consolation there have been issues in the past but they have always been resolved amicably in the end.

Coinotron had its issues. But they have been consistent for a long while now without issue. They are my main pool.

I have a thread with most of the ltc services buried here somewhere, I can PM you the quote so you dont have to add all the urls if you want.
 
You can add https://forum.litecoin.net/index.php/topic,2702.0.html (https://forum.litecoin.net/index.php/topic,2702.0.html) for the fpga project too.

These are sub-urls of those already posted but maybe handy none-the-less.

Litecoin mining calculators:

• https://www.litecoinpool.org/calc (https://www.litecoinpool.org/calc)
• http://litecoinminingcalculator.com/ (http://litecoinminingcalculator.com/)
• http://ltc.kattare.com/calc.php (http://ltc.kattare.com/calc.php)

Mining hardware comparison:

• https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin/wiki/Mining-hardware-comparison (https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin/wiki/Mining-hardware-comparison)

Mining pool comparison:

• https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin/wiki/Comparison-of-mining-pools (https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin/wiki/Comparison-of-mining-pools)

Added, thanks.

Yes, any useful links would be most appreciated!

Thanks, added. Good Stuff. :)

Sent. That should save you some hunting.

Great work - I wish this had been around when I first started learning about alt-coins. :)  These threads are a real service to the community.

I've also seen this one:

http://litecoinscout.com/

Added, thanks!

Thanks.

Yes, it is as much of a service to myself as others, as I always need to go hunt for some site I forgot about, so I thought it is nice to have a bookmarks thread to easily find it all. If others find benefit to it as well, then even better. :)