Author: Noel Maersk Date: To: libbitcoin Subject: Re: [Libbitcoin] Any news on Litecoin support?
On Fri, May 01, 2015 at 04:52:43PM +0530, mlmikael wrote: > ...
>
> I guess the differences between the Bitcoin and Litecoin protocols are
> extremely small, though I haven't diff:ed bitcoind's and litecoind's
> sources so am no authority; I got the impression it more or less
> amounts to the hashing algorithm, average block generation time, and
> max coins, that would sound like 100 to 500 lines?
I haven't looked thoroughly, but last time I checked, all
Litecoin-specific commits were prefixed by "Litecoin:" in the git commit
log.
IMO it's best to wait until a formal interface for bitcoin-testnet is
there first.