From what I understand, the thing that is difficult with the BTC chain isn't the transfer, but rather the verification on your local machine.
I doubt that, because it's stuck on certain blocks much longer than others and I doubt the numbers of transactions vary that much. 
Topic: Why does LTC client sync much faster than BTC (Read 1202 times)
LTC has a lot fewer transactions per block. Mostly none besides the reward, actually.
There may be some truth to it, the average # of LTC transactions is somewhere 4~5 per block,
http://explorer.litecoin.net/chain/Litecoin
an equivalent of 20 transactions per BTC block. OTOH average BTC block has 130 transactions currently.
So, 6~7 times more data and only 2~3 times slower, BTC network doesn't look that bad after all.
LTC has a lot fewer transactions per block. Mostly none besides the reward, actually.
From what I understand, the thing that is difficult with the BTC chain isn't the transfer, but rather the verification on your local machine.
I have a Linux with both BTC and LTC clients installed, it's only powered up for OS and blockchain updates every few weeks.
One thing I noticed is that even though LTC has four times as many blocks as BTC does, it completes the sync 2~3 times faster every time. but why?
Is this because LTC has smaller packets and smaller packets tend to be faster in P2P networks?
One thing I noticed is that even though LTC has four times as many blocks as BTC does, it completes the sync 2~3 times faster every time. but why?
Is this because LTC has smaller packets and smaller packets tend to be faster in P2P networks?
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