As Litecoin Rises, Creator Talks ASIC, SegWit, and Why Mining Should Be Anonymous

Apr 6, 2017

While discussing some of the issues pertinent to the success of Litecoin at a presentation for Coinbase last week, its creator hints that it is unfortunate that ASIC mining is a bit centralized with a lot in China and notes a major reason why he thinks this is bad for the industry. Char...

4 Things I Learned as A Bitcoin Holder

Mar 17, 2017

Note: Wan Fangzhong, author of this article, is a popular and prolific writer known for his creative writing. He is running a Wechat official account of wansfang. My investment in bitcoin yielded a return of 330% in less than 20 months. Many people tweeted me asking how. Here is the whol...

Charlie Lee AMA:mining pools are trying to force the developers to make a hard fork

Feb 9, 2017

On 8th Feb, Charlie Lee, creator of Litecoin, host an AMA on 8btc. The event lasts 2 hours and attracts 148 participants and around 10k views. And Charlie Lee answer a total of 37 questions in detail. Find out more from the transcript below: 1.panda117：In your opinion, what is...

Litecoin banking on SegWit activation to realize vision as Bitcoin’s alternative

Feb 4, 2017

While there are disintegrating views on its upgrade for Bitcoin miners, the proposal to use SegWit - or Segregated Witnesses - on Litecoin first and then make an evaluation of its feasibility on Bitcoin has been welcomed by major industry insiders. Aside that, it is also being seen as benef...

Charles Lee : Anonymity Could Be a Litecoin Feature

Sep 21, 2016

In the interview, Lee reveals he started Litecoin as a fun project and never expected it to become as big-time as it did. He wanted to experiment and improve Bitcoin, but also create something better than the pumps and pre-mines of other altcoin projects. Anonymity Could Be a Litecoin Fea...