Kaspa Outperforms Litecoin by 25,000% Since Launch

An ongoing debate has emerged regarding the superiority of Kaspa over other cryptocurrencies, particularly Litecoin. A recent video released by the Kaspa Silver YouTube channel delved into an article that claimed Litecoin was far superior to Kaspa. The analyst in the video debunked several claims made in the article, presenting a case for why Kaspa holds its ground well against Litecoin.

The article in question argued that Litecoin had a fairer launch compared to Kaspa, citing that Kaspa insiders mined half the coins in the first year, making it unfair. The analyst countered this by explaining that the concept of a "fair launch" is subjective. He pointed out that for Kaspa, no one received coins before the launch without mining or buying them, similar to how everyone else acquired coins. The analyst provided evidence that Kaspa’s launch was public, with posts from the founder months before the launch and thousands of people in the Discord community by the first year.

The analyst also highlighted that even Bitcoin had very few miners early on, making it unfair to label early Kaspa miners as "insiders" when the information was publicly available. He shared data showing that Kaspa videos received thousands of views soon after launch, proving that people were aware of it.

Another claim was that Litecoin’s network is more secure because it costs more money to carry out a 51% attack. The analyst argued that a higher cost does not always equate to better security. He noted that no one has attacked Kaspa, even though it is theoretically cheaper to do so. He also explained that Litecoin relies heavily on merge mining with Dogecoin to maintain its network security, and that Dogecoin’s popularity is what keeps Litecoin’s miners profitable. Without Dogecoin, Litecoin’s network security might struggle. In contrast, Kaspa pays more money to miners daily than Litecoin does, despite having a smaller market cap. The analyst said this shows Kaspa has a stronger security budget that better supports its miners.

Litecoin’s supporters claimed that Litecoin had a more decentralized launch because its founder did not pre-mine coins. The analyst clarified that Kaspa did not pre-mine either. Kaspa started with zero coins at its genesis block, meaning no coins existed before the network launched. Everyone could mine from the start. He stressed that the fast emission schedule of Kaspa helped distribute coins quickly and widely before specialized ASIC miners could dominate the network. He also pointed out that fast emissions allowed early GPU miners, who are usually regular people, to get most of the coins instead of a few big players. This way, Kaspa achieved a wider distribution among individuals.

The video also addressed claims about scalability. Litecoin’s supporters said Litecoin handles up to 2.5 million transactions a day without congestion. The analyst showed that Kaspa can handle up to 200 million transactions per day, which is a massive difference. He explained that KAS processes 10 blocks per second, boosting its transactions per second (TPS) to around 3000. During times of high activity, Kaspa handled millions of transactions in a day with fees around 25 cents, which he said is still reasonable. He argued that fees are necessary for proof-of-work networks to stay secure in the long run because miners need incentives beyond block rewards. The analyst criticized Litecoin’s reliance on low fees, saying that Litecoin’s approach depends on block rewards that shrink every four years, yet Litecoin’s price hasn’t doubled consistently with each halving. Without higher fees or a new plan, Litecoin could struggle to keep miners profitable as block rewards decline.

Another criticism against Kaspa was the missing early transaction data. The analyst confirmed that about 75% of Kaspa’s old data has now been recovered, including the genesis block proving no coins were pre-mined. He reassured viewers that the missing data affects no one who joins Kaspa today, and that new transactions are fully recorded and transparent. Regarding privacy, Litecoin’s Mimblewimble Extension Block (MWeb) adds optional privacy features. The analyst agreed this is a good feature but noted that KAS could adopt similar technology in the future. He also mentioned existing efforts to build mixers for Kaspa to improve privacy.

The claim that no one uses or builds on Kaspa was strongly rejected. The analyst listed projects like Casplex and Egolabs creating smart contracts and layer 2 solutions for Kaspa. He also shared personal examples of using KAS daily through apps like Casio, showing that Kaspa is seeing real adoption. He highlighted that the Kaspa community and developers are active, and new tools and platforms are constantly emerging. This, he argued, proves Kaspa’s ecosystem is alive and growing.

Finally, the analyst showed charts comparing Kaspa’s performance to Litecoin’s. Since Kaspa launched, it has outperformed Litecoin by more than 25,000%. Even in the recent months of 2025, Kaspa has been beating Litecoin by about 40%. He believes Kaspa will continue to outperform Litecoin over time because of its better technology and fundamentals. He compared the competition between Kaspa and Litecoin to how Google eventually beat Yahoo. He believes Kaspa’s superior scalability, fast transactions, and strong community will help it win in the long run.

In summary, while Litecoin has strengths like privacy features and a long track record, Kaspa’s launch, scalability, miner rewards, and growing ecosystem make it a strong contender. The analyst believes Kaspa’s fundamentals will help it surpass Litecoin in the coming years.