Read this article on bsc.news LitVM, the project that brings smart contract functionality to @Litecoin, has announced that the infrastructure behind its LiteForge testnet has been migrated to
LitVM, the project that brings smart contract functionality to @Litecoin, has announced that the infrastructure behind its LiteForge testnet has been migrated to @0xZeeve. The platform described the change as strengthening the foundation as it moves toward a full mainnet rollout. The account behind the project is @LitecoinVM.
LiteForge is LitVM's public testnet for $LTC-related applications. The official testnet page lists the network as LitVM LiteForge, with chain ID 4441 and zkLTC as the gas token. The same page now lists RPC and block explorer endpoints hosted on a Zeeve domain.
Developer repositories show the change filtering through to the ecosystem. One community project noted that LitVM is moving its infrastructure from Caldera to Zeeve, so its endpoints would change.LiteForge documentation has also been updated to use the Zeeve HTTP RPC, explorer, explorer API and faucet. Network name, chain ID and gas currency were kept the same, according to the same documentation update.
LitVM brings smart contract capabilities to Litecoin through a zero-knowledge rollup architecture, according to its official documentation. Smart contracts run on LitVM rather than on Litecoin's base layer, with a trustless bridge linking the two.Litecoin itself has no native smart contracts.
The Litecoin Foundation announced the LiteForge testnet as live in April 2026.It uses the Arbitrum Nitro stack, a framework designed to help blockchains handle more activity at lower cost. Activity has grown since launch. AMBCrypto reported that the public testnet had processed over 140 million transactions across 11 million addresses. The outlet also cautioned that testnets often see elevated activity from experimentation and incentives.
Institutional backing has also been disclosed. Lite Strategy, a company that holds Litecoin as a treasury asset, describes itself as the lead institutional investor in LitVM as the project advances toward its mainnet launch.A third-party explainer said mainnet was expected in the second half of 2026, though the announcement does not give a specific launch date.
For developers, the infrastructure switch means updating RPC and explorer settings to the new Zeeve endpoints. For $LTC holders, the larger test remains the mainnet launch, where activity on a live network will differ from testnet conditions.
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