<p>While the process of spending Litecoins is extremely similar to Bitcoins, it is an alternative currency without a community accepted fixed exchange to Bitcoin therefore the merchant has to accept the work of conversion.</p>

<p>To the best of my understanding, Bitpay, bitmit.net and the other major markets and payment portals do not accept Litecoin. I'll refer you to this discussion as it probably is more informed and active than anything you'll get in a stackexchange format <a href="https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=139940.0">https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=139940.0</a></p>

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2013-05-27T18:51:00.977Z
I'll see if I can fish some more links out for you
Charles Hoskinson
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2013-05-27T17:57:26.317Z
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Charles Hoskinson
<p>Merchants that only accept Bitcoin, will not accept Litecoin directly.  </p>

<p>However you can pay any Bitcoin merchant with a 3rd party that automatically converts your Litecoin to Bitcoin. The most well known service of this type is shapeshift.io</p>

<p>Merchants can integrate their "shifty" button to make this easier for consumers to use, but the Shapeshift service is available for every consumer wishing to pay a Bitcoin merchant regardless of if they have integrating the Shapeshift API or not.</p>

<p><a href="https://shapeshift.io/shifty_button.html">https://shapeshift.io/shifty_button.html</a></p>

<p><a href="https://shapeshift.io/#/coins">https://shapeshift.io/#/coins</a></p>

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Smart Kid
<p>ltc and btc are two different crypto currencies and are treated as such.  For example, BitInstant currently does NO business in ltc.  However, you will find some places like btc-e will deal in BOTH ltc AND btc.</p>

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2013-05-28T14:38:40.277Z
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URSAY
<p>Can you pay with Litecoin at any place that accepts Bitcoin? If no where can you spend Litecoins?</p>

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Can you pay with Litecoin anywhere you can pay with Bitcoin?
Celeritas
# Can you pay with Litecoin anywhere you can pay with Bitcoin?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-05-27)

Can you pay with Litecoin at any place that accepts Bitcoin? If no where can you spend Litecoins?

**Tags:** transactions, litecoin, spending


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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2016-06-19. Score: 9

Merchants that only accept Bitcoin, will not accept Litecoin directly.

However you can pay any Bitcoin merchant with a 3rd party that automatically converts your Litecoin to Bitcoin. The most well known service of this type is shapeshift.io

Merchants can integrate their "shifty" button to make this easier for consumers to use, but the Shapeshift service is available for every consumer wishing to pay a Bitcoin merchant regardless of if they have integrating the Shapeshift API or not.

<https://shapeshift.io/shifty_button.html>

<https://shapeshift.io/#/coins>


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### Answer by username_1 on 2013-05-27. Score: 6

While the process of spending Litecoins is extremely similar to Bitcoins, it is an alternative currency without a community accepted fixed exchange to Bitcoin therefore the merchant has to accept the work of conversion.

To the best of my understanding, Bitpay, bitmit.net and the other major markets and payment portals do not accept Litecoin. I'll refer you to this discussion as it probably is more informed and active than anything you'll get in a stackexchange format <https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=139940.0>

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I'll see if I can fish some more links out for you  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2013-05-28. Score: 2

ltc and btc are two different crypto currencies and are treated as such. For example, BitInstant currently does NO business in ltc. However, you will find some places like btc-e will deal in BOTH ltc AND btc.


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