LitVM made its appearance as an L2 solution at the 2025 Litecoin Summit, making Litecoin ($LTC) ready for Web3 programming. LitVM, built with BitcoinOS, Polygon’s CDK, and AggLayer, adds smart contracts, better scalability, and cross-chain features to Litecoin, so that it can compete with Ethereum and Solana.
A much awaited, LitVM is specially designed for the Litecoin group and lets users store LTC, LRC20 tokens, Runes, Lordinals, and Charms, along with BTC and Ethereum-related tokens. LitVM makes use of zero-knowledge cryptography and is able to handle thousands of cheap transactions at a time, adding proofs to Litecoin’s bases and settling transactions on Ethereum for access to liquidity.
Because of this, developers can still use Solidity and Hardhat, so Litecoin is now part of Ethereum’s large community of developers.
LitVM is based on three main technologies:
- BitcoinOS, designed for Bitcoin, was then modified for Litecoin’s quicker block times, so it now supports zkRollup and smart contracts in Litecoin-specific assets.
- Polygon CDK/Erigon delivers fast speeds and low transaction fees, backs up EVM functions, and allows setting LTC as the gas.
- With AggLayer, users can access a single pool of liquidity and work with DeFi items, such as cross-chain dApps and governance tools, that use EVM and non-EVM chains.
With programmability and the ability to use more than one blockchain, LitVR makes it possible to support new applications such as DeFi, RWAs, NFTs, gaming, and identity on the blockchain. It guarantees that Litecoin will not fall behind in a changing Internet environment.
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