Given that the Litecoin cryptocurrency appeared relatively early and there was no mining problem at the time, the developers copied the unit mining scheme, which is no longer effective. Mining units could theoretically be done with a processor or graphics card, but this type of mining has been unprofitable for a long time. ASIC is a single effective unit mining option, but initial equipment investments start at US$10,000. As a result, LTC cryptocurrency is only of interest to miners who own data processing centres, and private miners prefer to produce H and other cryptocurrencies more easily.

Litecoin mining involves the process of verifying transactions on the Litecoin blockchain and earning rewards in the form of Litecoin (LTC). Similar to Bitcoin, Litecoin uses a proof-of-work (PoW) consensus mechanism, but it employs a different hashing algorithm called Scrypt, which is less resource-intensive and more accessible to individual miners.

Mining can be done through solo mining, where a miner uses their own hardware, or pool mining, where multiple miners combine their computational power to increase the chances of earning rewards. However, mining profitability depends on factors like electricity costs, the price of Litecoin, and the difficulty of the network.

Specialized hardware, such as ASICs (Application-Specific Integrated Circuits), is commonly used to mine Litecoin efficiently.