Scrypt
The memory-hard algorithm behind Litecoin.
Scrypt is a memory-hard proof-of-work algorithm, originally chosen to be harder to accelerate with specialized hardware than plain SHA-256. Litecoin popularized it.
Today Scrypt has dedicated ASICs, and Litecoin is often merge-mined with Dogecoin, which shares the algorithm.
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