Litecoin (LTC) and XRP (XRP): a comparison
Litecoin and XRP set side by side: how the quotes moved, how the protocols are built and what tasks each one was made for.
Specifications of LTC and XRP
| Litecoin (LTC) | XRP (XRP) | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $51.44 | $1.10 |
| Ticker | LTC | XRP |
| Type | coin of its own network | coin of its own network |
| Launched | 2011 | 2012 |
| Built by | Charlie Lee | Ripple Labs |
| Consensus | Proof of Work (Scrypt) | XRP Ledger Consensus Protocol |
| Block | ~2.5 min | ~4 sec |
| Supply cap | 84 M LTC | 100 B XRP |
| Privacy | transfers are public | transfers are public |
| In circulation | 77.81 M LTC | 63.52 B XRP |
| Market cap | $4 B | $69.76 B |
| Rank by cap | #25 | #6 |
Source: CoinGecko, Nov 10, 2026 12:57. How these numbers are counted
Price movement: LTC and XRP
The start of the period is taken as 100 for both prices: the chart shows the difference in movement, not the quotes themselves.
| Period | LTC | XRP |
|---|---|---|
| 7 days | −4.37% | −11.98% |
| 30 days | −19.8% | −21.56% |
| 90 days | +12.88% | +7.57% |
The link between their daily moves over the quarter is 0.73 (they travel together).
The tasks LTC and XRP were made for
- Transfers and paymentsLitecoin and XRP
How Litecoin and XRP are built
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.
How XRP works
There is no mining here — validators agree on the order of transactions through a consensus protocol, and a new version of the ledger is closed every 3 to 5 seconds. All 100 billion XRP were issued at once, at the start. An account must always hold a small base reserve in XRP: without it there is simply no account in the ledger.
What XRP is for
XRP is put to work for cross-border settlement, as an intermediate (bridge) currency between fiat currencies and for quickly moving funds between exchanges.