<p>Since the v0.8 release Litecoin is developed using patches to the Bitcoin code base. </p>

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2013-11-05T13:17:11.453Z
Was the code completely revised as of 0.8?
Shamoon
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Yes, differences to bitcoin in v0.6.3 were turned into a patch set to the bitcoin code base to be maintained separately.
weex
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weex
<p>I'm looking for the git tag of <code>Bitcoin</code> at the time of the fork as well as <code>litecoin</code> after the fork</p>

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When did litecoin fork bitcoin?
Shamoon
# When did litecoin fork bitcoin?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-11-04)

I'm looking for the git tag of `Bitcoin` at the time of the fork as well as `litecoin` after the fork

**Tags:** litecoin, history, project-fork


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2013-11-05. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

Since the v0.8 release Litecoin is developed using patches to the Bitcoin code base.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Was the code completely revised as of 0.8?  
> **username_1**: Yes, differences to bitcoin in v0.6.3 were turned into a patch set to the bitcoin code base to be maintained separately.  

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