Why You Should Care About Litecoin: It’s the Backbone of Dogecoin

Dogecoin’s halving schedule (and subsequent rate of issuance) before 2015, in stark contrast to that of its progenitors, was akin to a 100-meter dash. Blocks were generating every minute and rewards were getting halved every 69 days, resulting in block subsidies that rapidly depleted the network’s fixed supply of 100 billion DOGE.