Difference between revisions of "Bitcoin and Litecoin Comparison"

* Attacks by {http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botnet botnets]. If the botnet operator runs an unmodified litecoind in order to earn coins then such a botnet only attacks the computers under its control, not Litecoin itself, as it would actually strengthen the Litecoin network. However, the objective of a crypto-currency is to improve the world rather than to improve itself. Botnets with a high enough proportion of the total hash power could try {https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/How_bitcoin_works#Double_spending double-spending] attacks on the Litecoin network.