Dogecoin (DOGE) and Litecoin (LTC): a comparison
Dogecoin 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 DOGE and LTC
| Dogecoin (DOGE) | Litecoin (LTC) | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.070078 | $51.44 |
| Ticker | DOGE | LTC |
| Type | coin of its own network | coin of its own network |
| Launched | 2013 | 2011 |
| Built by | Billy Markus, Jackson Palmer | Charlie Lee |
| Consensus | Proof of Work (Scrypt) | Proof of Work (Scrypt) |
| Block | ~1 min | ~2.5 min |
| Supply cap | no cap | 84 M LTC |
| Privacy | transfers are public | transfers are public |
| In circulation | 156.68 B DOGE | 77.81 M LTC |
| Market cap | $10.98 B | $4 B |
| Rank by cap | #12 | #25 |
Source: CoinGecko, Nov 10, 2026 12:57. How these numbers are counted
Price movement: DOGE 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 | DOGE | LTC |
|---|---|---|
| 7 days | −5.88% | −4.37% |
| 30 days | −18.58% | −19.8% |
| 90 days | −2.87% | +12.88% |
The link between their daily moves over the quarter is 0.79 (they travel together).
The tasks DOGE and LTC were made for
- Transfers and paymentsDogecoin and Litecoin
- A meme token running on audience attentionDogecoin
How Dogecoin and Litecoin are built
How Dogecoin works
Mining runs on Proof of Work with the Scrypt algorithm, and it is done jointly with Litecoin (merge mining). A new block every minute. There is no upper supply limit: the same number of coins is issued every year, so inflation in percentage terms declines from year to year.
What Dogecoin is for
DOGE is sent for tips and small payments, it is traded, and some merchants accept it directly.
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.