Charlie Lee (computer scientist)

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Charlie Lee (2014)

Charles Lee is an American computer scientist who is considered to be the inventor of Litecoin . As chairman of the Litecoin Foundation, he leads the development of Litecoin.

Life

Lee was born in Ivory Coast . When he was 13, he moved to the United States with his family . 2000 obtained a Master of Science degree in computer science from MIT .

He worked for Google until 2013 , then for Coinbase from 2013 to 2017 . In 2017 he announced that he had sold almost all of his Litecoins . He justifies this with the fact that he does not want to play a central role in the Litecoin ecosystem. Many criticized that Lee would influence the Litecoin rate with his tweets .

He is now working full-time at the Litecoin Foundation, which he set up.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ About Us. In: Litecoin Foundation. Retrieved June 8, 2019 (American English).
  2. ↑ a b Nathan Reiff: Who Is Charlie Lee, Litecoin Founder? Retrieved June 8, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Cryptoscene Admin: Litecoin founder sells all of his LTC. In: Kryptoszene.de. December 20, 2017, accessed June 8, 2019 (German).
  4. ↑ Charlie Lee: 11 / FUD: Charlie has quit Litecoin and doesn't care anymore. In: @SatoshiLite. September 19, 2018, accessed June 8, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Lee, Charlie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lee, Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American computer scientist
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century