4 ms·because it's strictly better than BTC. Faster and cheaper transactions.by Helloworldboy 9y agobecause it's strictly better than BTC. Faster and cheaper transactions.junk_f00d 9y agoThe tech is identical, it's simply used less than BTC so doesn't face the same stress of scaling.dewyatt 9y agoThe tech is not identical. Litecoin uses Scrypt and has shorter block times. There may be other differences too.