Building on LitVM (Zero Litecoin Experience Required)

LitVM is scaling Litecoin — but it's not just about transaction throughput. Vertical scaling matters, but expanding what’s possible and opening doors for creative development and innovation — that is, horizontal scaling — is what has the potential to elevate Litecoin to its next chapter as a vibrant EVM ecosystem.

For 14 years, Litecoin has been known for its reliability, longevity, and sound-money principles — but programmability has remained out of reach. LTC has served as a battle-tested settlement asset and a high-performance payments rail, but has not yet offered developers the ability to build meaningful smart-contract applications directly on top of it. That is precisely why LitVM has arrived on the scene — not to change the foundation, but to bring new frontiers within reach. By introducing a fully compatible EVM execution layer, LitVM transforms LTC from a transactional asset into the foundation of a colorful, diverse, and developer-friendly environment. More importantly, LitVM unlocks new utility for the Litecoin network and opens the door for a vibrant, modular EVM ecosystem to form around one of the most recognizable, sound-money coins in crypto.

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Driving (Seamless) Litecoin Innovation

In addition to laying down rock-solid infrastructure and a trustless, zero-knowledge-powered bridging mechanism for LTC, LitVM’s mission is resolutely focused on providing a seamless transition for developers. To begin building on LitVM, developers do not have to learn about Litecoin’s base protocol, its scripting model, or any of its historical infrastructure. Instead, LitVM meets developers where they already are.

If you’ve been building on Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, Polygon, Optimism, Avalanche, or any other EVM chain, you can build on LitVM using the exact same tools, the exact same languages, and the exact same mental frameworks. Solidity is unchanged, and Hardhat and Foundry work the same way. Front-end libraries, deployment scripts, devops pipelines, and testing environments behave exactly as they do on every other EVM-compatible network. LitVM doesn’t introduce a new workflow; it simply channels existing on-chain talent to start building on for one of crypto’s most longstanding, principled, OG communities.

Because LitVM is designed to behave exactly like a standard EVM chain, it naturally supports the full spectrum of financial and logic-based smart contracts already used throughout the Ethereum ecosystem. Developers can deploy AMMs, lending pools, settlement modules, transaction managers, and treasury tools without modification. The same primitives that support most DeFi environments — swap logic, interest-rate modules, vault mechanics, automated rebalancing, oracle integrations, and so on — will operate on LitVM with the same proven Solidity functions.

On this accord, LitVM extends an open invitation to builders across the EVM landscape to bring their ideas, frameworks, and applications into an ecosystem whose identity is grounded in its sound-money roots.

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Tapping into What’s Possible on LitVM  

So there you have it — anything EVM, secured by Litecoin's robust 14-year track record. Without further ado, here's a look at the kinds of tools and applications LitVM is designed to support.

Yield Markets & DeFi: One of LitVM's primary focuses is unlocking yield opportunities for LTC holders. That means lending and borrowing protocols, liquidity provision, vault strategies, and institutional-grade yield products — all accessible to retail and professional participants alike. DEXs built on AMMs enable trustless token swaps and yield farming, lending protocols enable users to lend and borrow LTC and other assets and earn interest, while automated rebalancing and treasury management tools help users optimize returns.

Real-World Assets (RWAs): LitVM will be the home of infrastructure for tokenizing real-world assets — real estate, commodities, securities, and more — with the security guarantees of Litecoin's base layer. Smart contracts enable fractional ownership, programmable compliance, and DeFi-ready RWA markets. New innovative ‘consumer-driven’ RWA platforms are welcomed, such as those revolving around physical collectibles or royalties, for example.

AI Ecosystem: LitVM is built for the age of AI. Developers can deploy AI agents, autonomous trading systems, AI-enhanced user interfaces, and applications that blend machine intelligence with sound-money principles. As AI transforms Web3, LitVM offers a foundation rooted in decentralization and security.

Payments & Settlement Infrastructure: Building on Litecoin's legacy as a high-performance payments rail, LitVM supports escrow contracts, subscription services, recurring transfers, and programmable settlement — bringing smart contract automation to one of crypto's most trusted transaction networks.

NFTs, Ordinals & Digital Ownership: LitVM supports NFT contracts for collectibles, memberships, gaming assets, and digital identity systems — enabling Litecoin-native digital ownership for the first time. NFT platforms, collections, and infrastructure are welcome on LitVM.

Loyalty, Rewards & Points Systems: Organizations can deploy rewards mechanisms that issue points or tokens based on user activity. Where else can applications incentivize engagement with trustlessly bridged LTC? Answer: nowhere.

SocialFi & Consumer Apps: Developers can build social modules supporting posts, reactions, follower graphs, and on-chain identity — forming the foundation for decentralized social applications powered by Litecoin.

Exciting stuff — but this is just a glimpse into what's possible. Free markets have a way of bringing entirely new concepts to environments that welcome innovators. LitVM is standing by with open arms, builders.

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The LitVM Builders Program Is Now Open!

LitVM is inviting builders and development teams to participate in our upcoming two-month incentivized testnet (slated to commence mid-late Q1). This is your opportunity to deploy early, shape the ecosystem, and position your project at the forefront of Litecoin's Web3 evolution.

We're looking for teams ready to deploy applications across yield markets, DeFi, RWAs, AI, payments, NFTs, gaming, and beyond. Selected participants will receive hands-on support, visibility, and a pathway to long-term ecosystem partnership.

Learn more and apply here.

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LitVM’s (Simple) Promise for Builders

LitVM is expanding the utility of LTC and introducing programmability to an established global payments network grounded in sound-money principles. But while its mission is revolutionary and its premise is unprecedented, LitVM is committed to keeping the development process familiar and intuitive for EVM builders.

LitVM encourages connecting to the Litecoin community and honoring its values at every opportunity. But for developers, that won’t require learning about how the Litecoin protocol runs under the hood just to get an app up and running. Anyone with an Ethereum development background will be able to hit the ground running as a pioneer and first mover in Litecoin’s first ever EVM ecosystem. LitVM offers a straightforward development environment, a familiar experience, and a broad invitation to anyone who builds with Solidity: if you can deploy on Ethereum, you can deploy here.

Applications wanted — and no, we’re not talking about resumes. 😉