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Magic Numbers

Magic numbers appear at the start of all Litecoin network messages. For example the first 4 bytes of a Litecoin block include a Litecoin-specific magic number.

Network	Magic Number	Source
Mainnet	0xfbc0b6db	https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin/blob/0.21/src/chainparams.cpp#L107
Testnet	0xfdd2c8f1	https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin/blob/0.21/src/chainparams.cpp#L221

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Magic numbers appear at the start of all Litecoin network messages. For example the first 4 bytes of a Litecoin block include a Litecoin-specific magic number.

Network	Magic Number	Source
Mainnet	0xfbc0b6db	https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin/blob/0.21/src/chainparams.cpp#L107
Testnet	0xfdd2c8f1	https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin/blob/0.21/src/chainparams.cpp#L221

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