Uploaded May 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In this episode of UpOnly, Cobie and Ledger talk to the one and only Charlie Lee about Litecoin, crypto as money, smart contracts, decentralization, and more.

This episode is presented by Blockfolio: uponly.tv/blockfolio

00:00 - Intro
3:12 - History of Litecoin and current development
4:20 - Doge merged mining
6:20 - Mining hardware
9:48 - Jackson Palmer talk (Doge founder)
12:50 - Why Charlie sold his coins
18:50 - Can LTC be hacked and relationship to market cap
23:40 - What is Charlie excited about?
27:10 - Future of privacy coins
28:30 - Rise of proof of stake
34:00 - Charlie’s thoughts on ETH
36:10 - DAO hack rollback
43:40 - Proposed OPCTV change
45:00 - Litecoin as a BTC Testnet
47:42 - Smart BCH side chain
49:30 - Why isn’t DeFi on Bitcoin?
50:30 - Decentralization and censorship resistance
53:45 - Velvet fork on LTC
55:00 - Any Ethereum killers?
56:40 - Charlie on NFTs
58:30 - How has Charlie maintained his reputation?
1:03:00 - Where Charlie was right and wrong over the last 10 years
1:07:00 - What it was like working at Coinbase
1:09:30 - Coinbase altcoin listing practices
1:14:00 - Charlie on middlemen
1:15:30 - What disheartens Charlie about the industry?
1:17:00 - Showing Charlie TikTok Investors
1:23:00 - Charlie provides the alpha