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Charlie Lee, MEng

Charlie Lee, MEng is Creator of Litecoin and Software Engineer at Coinbase.
 
Charlie created Litecoin in 2011. Litecoin is the second most popular cryptocurrency behind Bitcoin. Charlie was previously an engineer at Google working on Google Play Games, Chrome OS, and YouTube.
 
He earned his BS in Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1999 and earned his MEng in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2000.
 
Watch Charlie Lee Talks About Litecoin, Bitcoin, And Coinbase, Charlie Lee’s Litecoin presentation at BTC Miami Conference, and Charles Lee Q&A ONLY, New York Bitcoin Hearing Day 1 Panel 2 Jan 28 2014. Read Ex-Googler Gives the World a Better Bitcoin, In Bitcoin’s Orbit: Rival Virtual Currencies Vie for Acceptance, Litecoin founder Charles Lee on the origins and potential of the world’s second largest cryptocurrency, Litecoin creator Charles Lee has left Google to work at Coinbase, and Litecoin’s Charles Lee Explains How “Coloring Coins” Can Transfer Deeds, Ownership. Read Welcome Charlie Lee (creator of Litecoin) to the team! Read his GitHub profile and his LinkedIn profile.