“I, Charlie Lee, am the creator of Litecoin” Genesis block: http://explorer.litecoin.net/block/12a765e31ffd4059bada1e25190f6e98c99d9714d334efa41a195a7e7e04bfe2 Genesis address: Ler4HNAEfwYhBmGXcFP2Po1NpRUEiK8km2 Signature: G7W57QZ1jevRhBp7SajpcUgJiGs998R4AdBjcIgJq5BOECh4jHNatZKCFLQeo9PvZLf60ykR32XjT4IrUi9PtCU=

I first discovered Bitcoin in early 2011. Like many, I thought it was brilliant. Bitcoin transactions were decentralized, secure, fast, cheap, and unlimited. Decentralized: Thousands of nodes verify and relay all Bitcoin transactions. Secure: Bitcoin network was secured by millions of dollars of hardware. Fast: Confirmations were fast. Zero confirmation…