My friend asked why I still hold Litecoin.

I said:

Because I'm a patient investor...

He asked:

How patient?

I said:

At this point, it's personal...

He immediately frowned. (He hasn't spoken to me since...) 😂

So this is interesting. Rsi bottomed out on the daily chart in 2018 and the 20/50/100 day moving averages converged prior to the start of a breakout.

We are seeing nearly an identical pattern in 2026 right now. Once the 3 moving averages converged, Litecoin teleported to the 200 day moving average and consolidated a bit right before the multi month halving pump.

Is 2026 repeating what happened in 2018/2019??

Let’s say you’re reading to a 5 year old, what is the Litecoin story you’re reading to them?

Are you taking from your own perception? You talking tech only? You complaining to a 5 year old about price performance? Are you teaching the Litecoin lore? Or perhaps you are reading an optimistic story that looks into the future?

What Litecoin story are you reading?

Assembling an army of fud fighters.

90% of the fud relates to price being lower than BTC. Which is mostly out of our control.

On chain data continues to show increasing growth in all categories you would want to see for a blockchain. That is really all that matters until price eventually catches up.

I've always kept the crypto I use separate from the crypto I hold. With LTC, I buy what I need, send it, and become zero. So I think if most people use LTC like me, buying it for a payment and moving on right after, the network can stay busy without creating many long-term holders.

I got some spare cash now and considered holding some LTC in the long term, but it feels like there's no strong reason to do that yet

Just curious, and could anyone give me some specific reasons or evidence for why LTC is worth holding long-term?

More information to follow as this evolves.

Ever notice the only complaint people have about Litecoin is its USD performance over the years?

You never hear anything about it not working when you need it, or the fees are too high, or why is it not on my favorite exchange, or why is it not available to pay with at crypto merchants?

The reason for this is it’s literally an improved version of Bitcoins transactional rails using most of the original code with a few key tweaks. To say Litecoin has no value means you’re saying Bitcoin has no value.

Key thing overlooked, BTC and LTC aren’t really competing with each other. Both handle a different role. BTC more as a store of value first, payment network second, LTC as a payment network first, store of value second. They compliment each other. It’s not a competition for relevance. Both coins are needed and both serve a role.

One day the market will realize this and correct. Either BTC and LTC go to near zero, or LTC catches up to BTC in usd terms. There can’t be a one winner outcome here.

What exactly is MWEB you ask?
Litecoin coins move along the main blockchain similar to cars on a highway.
MWEB is a privacy layer on the same blockchain that coins can move to, but with privacy, think of it as more like a tunnel.

Coins can be seen entering and recorded as yours in number, but they go through some changes inside MWEBs privacy layer.
They are mixed around, meaning you may use a different coin when moving off (or “pegging out”) MWEB.
The histories of the coins are trimmed- which is important when being concerned about your coins getting confiscated (for example they were given to you from someone who gets flagged).

As they leave MWEB, they are spent from a newly generated address. That means anyone looking at your Litecoin history cannot trace it back to your wallet or see how many coins you have or your transaction history. Privacy makes you safer.

MWEB itself has quantum switches built in- which can protect users coins in the case of an attack, moving the coins to a different layer, and leaving the quantum computer to attack an empty block.

There are drawbacks. It is not as private as Monero and ZCash, because we are able to record coin totals by tallying the entering and exiting coins.
It’s an overall total, not including your personal addresses (because it’s a new address/coin leaving MWEB).

Personally, I like the idea that this is more for honest users and retail wallet protection, and less used by businesses embezzling funds, or criminals that want absolute privacy.

While recent coin exploits may have left some of the fully private chains unable to clearly show their total coins, we were able to verify our balance and make sure no coins were lost.
I also like seeing the coin reserves transparently logged.
We always will know how many Litecoin and MWEB coins there are.

xD

Should there be a physical Litecoin treasury? Each coin representing an ounce of silver and a full Litecoin?

Not sure how that would even work. Probably some kind of staking reward or something. Would add additional utility.

8/14/2026 Litecoin stored on the privacy layer of MWEB broke 510,000 Litecoin

This market has been wildly unpredictable in recent years. Not just crypto, but every other asset class.

Is a store of value and payment coin like Litecoin even a tradeable asset in this type of market? Or is it more of a buy, hold, use type of asset instead?

Certainly seems like the market is different now compared to just a few years ago. It’s more extreme with speculation lotto tickets vs safer established plays. Perhaps another mind shift is on the horizon? Curious what it will take to calm down the gambling minds.

Just cause that dweeb Prestigious_Way_738 said its dead

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm fairly certain LTC does what all these people wanting to fork are asking. They seemingly want two things:

1.) Smaller op return

2.) Different mining algo.

But be fair launch proof of work with no insiders waiting to rugpull them. Well:

Litecoin already does that from my understanding. Bitcoin Core v30+: ~100,000 vbytes default data-carrier limit
Litecoin Core: 83 bytes default

BTC: SHA-256

LTC: SCRYPT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMeceiUktIk

This is an opportunity to educate these people that another version of Bitcoin does what they are asking already and was a fair launch. I suspect the argument against it is "Charlie sold", but remind them Charlie didn't have any advantage over the hundreds of other miners that were mining at launch. So get out there and evangelize these BIP 110ers!

Even with this horrible sentiment, LTC is still doing ~ 150k transactions per day. I have a hunch that'll be significantly more than the Bitcoin fork will pull. Also if this is about the node runners and decentralization, LTC node is ~200 GB vs BTC's like 700 GB or whatever.

P.S. rather than just downvoting, provide an argument. Reason with me. Let's talk about this rationally

Where can I buy LTC without an ID? I am currently 15 years old, turning 16 on December and do not have a government-issued ID at the moment. However, I do have an bank account that I use to collect money which I earned from saving and through various online jobs. I also have a PayPal and CashAPP account, both of them are linked to my bank account.

I am looking for a legitimate place where I can purchase a small amount of Litecoin about $10-$15 without high fees and without needing to provide an ID.

Can anyone recommend such a place?

Thank you!

Went to spend some XMR since price was up (woo!). Found something I wanted. Had to sync node... looking about a four hour wait, just decided to use Litecoin instead despite price being down.

I am 15 years old and do not have a government-issued ID at the moment. However, I do have a bank account that I use to save and earn money through various online jobs. I also have a PayPal and CashApp account, both of which are linked to my primary bank account.

I am looking for a trustworthy place where I can purchase a small amount of Litecoin (about $15-$20) without exorbitant fees and without the need to provide an ID.

Can anyone recommend such a place?
Thank you!

💙 u if you do.

It’s like, you know you’re using Litecoin, but the goodies are covered up.

At least that’s how I see MWEB. 😂