Today on the show we’re joined by Charlie Lee the creator of Litecoin and a Decred stakeholder and community member! We discuss the future of Litecoin, Lightning Network integration, the governance of bitcoin, Charlie’s roots in the Decred community, ICOs, Scamcoins, Ethereum Classic, Monero and the future of the cryptocurrency space.
Guest:
Charlie Lee
Hosts:
ty13r
Austin Williams
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Topics of Discussion with Charlie Lee:
2:31 Are you Satoshi Nakomoto? / Charlie’s Entry into Crypto
7:09 Experience as Director of Technology at Coinbase:
9:56 Decision to Leave Coinbase to Focus on Litecoin Full-time:
17:35 Largest unsolved problem in Crypto?
24:01 Comments on Purported MIT Litecoin Project:
25:18 Thoughts on August 1st Scaling Deadline:
32:19 Charlie’s Role in the Creation of Decred:
39:26 Decred’s Voting System:
42:26 Lightning Network:
46:14 bitcoin’s Governance Threat:
59:10 How do Coins get Listed at Coinbase?:
1:01:40 More Lightning Network
1:10:00 Legal Issues of “Tainted” Crypto/Enhanced Privacy:
1:16:28 Adding Enhanced (Smart-contract, layered protocol) Functionality to Litecoin:
1:17:43 Thoughts on ICO Bubbles:
1:27:43 Charlie’s Favorite Projects:
1:31:43 Potential Issues with Decentralization:
1:36:04 Hope for Cooperation in the Crypto-community:
