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Charlie Lee is known by many as the creator of Litecoin and within the cryptocurrency space, Lee is somehow a celebrity. Litecoin was one of the cryptocurrencies derived from the original Bitcoins that came only two years after the release of Bitcoin. Despite the price changes of this year, Litecoin is still one of the best cryptocurrencies in space both in terms of price and market capitalization. Although it was one of the initial criptos, Litecoin does not have the same level of popularity as Bitcoin or Ethereum, but the token is still a favorite fan.
MIT
Lee seemed to follow in the footsteps of his father while attending MIT and was studying computer science in which he undertook a back-to-back bachelor's and master's degree program. At the turn of the century, Lee graduated with his masters in computer science.
It was clear that Lee had always been interested in computer technology and for over a decade after graduating from MIT, the future creator of Litecoin has worked for several technology companies including the search engine giant Google.
About four years before Litecoin was created, Lee worked in Google in September 2007 as an IT engineer. Lee has worked on a number of projects for the search engine company including YouTube Mobile, PlayGames and Chrome OS.
Lee has been with Google for five years, but it seemed that for a decade with the company it was enough to move on to greener pastures.
Bitcoin
Lee has admitted on several occasions that he met Bitcoin only in 2011 when he was still working on Google. Slowly but inexorably, Lee entered the Bitcoin mining business and then eventually contacted one of the developers of Bitcoin's main blockchain software, Mike Hearn.
Advancing a little and Lee had acquired so much interest in cryptography that he decided he wanted to create his known as Litecoin.
litecoin
Lee has released Litecoin to the world after having copied the Bitcoin source code and made a series of changes to adapt it, if any. These changes included the hashing protocol, the average block transaction time, the supply limit, and the GUI.
In 2013, Lee had worked at Litecoin for two years. He is currently the CEO of the Litecoin Foundation in which he neglects the development of the currency.
