On July 26, 2027, LTC will experience its fourth halving: the block reward will sharply decrease from 6.25 LTC to 3.125 LTC, further tightening the total supply to over 80% of the 84 million limit. This event will reshape LTC's scarcity as 'digital silver'; historical data shows that after the past three halvings (2015, 2019, 2023), the average price increase of LTC exceeded 200%. Currently, the LTC network processes an average of 200,000 transactions per day (TPS around 2.5), with a median fee of only $0.0007, far below Bitcoin's peak of $17.5, proving LTC's absolute advantage in high throughput and low cost.
1. New progress in merged mining technology: The era of multi-coin co-mining arrives in 2025.
In 2025, LTC merged mining (Merged Mining) will see explosive innovation, allowing miners to simultaneously mine LTC and other Scrypt-algorithm compatible coins without additional hardware or electricity. Top mining pools like ViaBTC will be the first to support the combination of LTC + DOGE + BELLS + LKY + PEP + JKC, with miner profits increasing by up to 17%. The specific data is impressive:
1. DOGE contributes 75% additional income: LTC miners receive 800 DOGE rewards for every LTC mined (DOGE has no halving mechanism, price fluctuations are large, and a 10x potential has already been seen in 2025).
2. BELLS contributes 15%: In 2025, it will enter Epoch 5, with rewards dropping to 2 BEL/block, but early miners have already captured price peaks (rising from $0.001 to $0.22).
3. Emerging Meme coins added: LKY, PEP, JKC, etc. will be integrated by the end of 2024, and by 2025, mining pools like F2Pool and Binance Pool will expand to a six-coin system, with daily earnings for miners jumping from $30 per 1 GH/s for a single LTC to over $40 in diversification, without increased electricity costs.
4. For example, miners using Bitmain Antminer L9 (16-17 GH/s, 3360W power consumption, priced at $14,400) can achieve a 45-day ROI reduction in the ViaBTC pool, while also supporting DOGE/BELLS and other Meme coin volatility bonuses. Pool transparency is enhanced: LitecoinPool.org (2% PPS fee) and Lokotech (full coin distribution) ensure miners can track each reward, avoiding hidden fees.
2. Miners' hash rate utilization and earnings soar: a data-driven profit revolution.
The core appeal of merged mining lies in zero marginal costs and a 100% improvement in multi-chain revenue utilization: the same Scrypt hash rate (current LTC network hash rate ATH exceeds 1 PH/s) simultaneously verifies multi-chain blocks, with power efficiency reaching 0.21 J/MH, without the need to switch devices. Revenue data comparison (based on the November 2025 market, 1 GH/s miner):
Miner feedback: Driven by a 10x increase in the price of DOGE in 2025, the ROI for merged mining mode has shortened from 180 days for a single coin to 120 days. New mining machines like VolcMiner D1 (2.2 GH/s, 500W) have a low entry barrier, with just $500 needed to start earning passive income.
3. Strengthening network security: leveraging hash rate, reducing 51% attack risk to near zero.
1. As the parent chain, LTC directly lends its PoW hash rate to sub-chains, enhancing the resilience of the entire ecosystem: DOGE's hash rate has surged more than 10 times since merging in 2014, with TPS reaching over 500 in 2025, and attack resistance comparable to Bitcoin.
2. After the integration of emerging chain security enhancements like BELLS/PEP and other Meme coins, the hash rate increased from zero to PH/s level, reducing the risk of orphan chains. LTC has a 14-year record with no downtime, ensuring reliable multi-chain settlement.
3. The quantitative impact shows that after the merger, the difficulty of the LTC network increased by 30%, and the transaction confirmation time stabilized at 2.5 minutes. MWEB privacy addresses (2022 soft fork) further shield tracking, with fee peaks not exceeding $0.01 per transaction.
4. The explosion of ecosystem activity: LitVM upgrade + global adoption wave.
Under the dual drive of halving + merged mining, the LTC ecosystem is expected to exceed 300,000 DAU by 2025. LitVM (Arbitrum Orbit ZK Rollup) will launch EVM smart contracts, bridging BTC/ETH and achieving native support for DeFi/RWA. The NEAR protocol's integration of LTC aims to unlock liquidity for over 120 assets; BitcoinOS bridges zkLTC, enabling seamless transfer of a $7 billion ecosystem. Amid the Meme coin craze, sub-chains like DOGE/BELLS are attracting millions of communities, pushing LTC from 'payment silver' to 'programmable hard currency.'
Before the 2027 halving, LTC miners are entering a golden window, extracting multiple values with the same amount of electricity through mining pools like ViaBTC/LitecoinPool, monitoring DOGE/Meme fluctuations, and locking in profits immediately. LTC is not just silver; it is the cornerstone of an efficient and safe future currency. DYOR, take action!!!
