Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Litecoin (LTC): a comparison
Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin set side by side: how the quotes moved, how the protocols are built and what tasks each one was made for.
Specifications of BCH and LTC
| Bitcoin Cash (BCH) | Litecoin (LTC) | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $238.95 | $51.44 |
| Ticker | BCH | LTC |
| Type | coin of its own network | coin of its own network |
| Launched | 2017 | 2011 |
| Consensus | Proof of Work (SHA-256) | Proof of Work (Scrypt) |
| Block | ~10 min | ~2.5 min |
| Supply cap | 21 M BCH | 84 M LTC |
| Privacy | transfers are public | transfers are public |
| In circulation | 20.11 M BCH | 77.81 M LTC |
| Market cap | $4.81 B | $4 B |
| Rank by cap | #21 | #25 |
| Built by | — | Charlie Lee |
Source: CoinGecko, Nov 10, 2026 12:57. How these numbers are counted
Price movement: BCH and LTC
The start of the period is taken as 100 for both prices: the chart shows the difference in movement, not the quotes themselves.
| Period | BCH | LTC |
|---|---|---|
| 7 days | −13.52% | −4.37% |
| 30 days | −14.75% | −19.8% |
| 90 days | +11.64% | +12.88% |
The link between their daily moves over the quarter is 0.55 (they travel alike).
The tasks BCH and LTC were made for
- Transfers and paymentsBitcoin Cash and Litecoin
How Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin are built
How Bitcoin Cash works
From bitcoin, BCH inherited Proof of Work (SHA-256), ten-minute blocks and the 21 million supply cap, but blocks here are allowed to be much larger. More transactions fit into a block — and the fee stays at a very low level.
What Bitcoin Cash is for
Bitcoin Cash goes towards cheap payments and transfers, including small everyday amounts.
How Litecoin works
The consensus is Proof of Work on the Scrypt algorithm, a block comes out roughly every 2.5 minutes, four times more often than in bitcoin. The supply cap is 84 million coins, and the block reward halves about once every four years. Since 2022 the optional MWEB extension for confidential transactions has been available.
What Litecoin is for
LTC is moved between exchanges when fees in the bitcoin network are high, and it is used to pay where fast and cheap transfers are needed.