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Is Charlie Lee Leaving Litecoin (LTC) for the Sake of Decentralization?

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Litecoin has been following up with the latest trend in the market which means that LTC is trading up in the green against the dollar. However, the majority of coins are going up in accordance with the atmosphere in the market, so some coins are performing better than LTC. That is how Litecoin dropped down to the seventh spot on the global coin ranking list from its previous place as the sixth-best currency. Only several weeks before, Litecoin was rated as the fifth-best currency, but EOS pushed it down to the spot number 6 on the global coin ranking list. But, that is not the main news revolving around this digital currency – we are interested in Charlie Lee’s statement that he is eventually going to leave Litecoin.

Is Charlie Lee Leaving Litecoin?

It all started with a rumor that Charlie Lee, the founder of Litecoin, is going to leave his own currency. The conversation with Charlie Lee started off on Twitter, triggered with a question asked by one of the Charlie Lee’s followers on Twitter. The question was: “The rumors are saying that you are leaving LTC, is it true?”

The answer provided by Charlie Lee on this occasion was short and concise, so he said that he is eventually going to leave Litecoin, which confirmed the rumor as a truthful presumption.

When asked about the reason for leaving the coin he founded and is currently still CEO to, he answered that he is eventually going to leave LTC because he believes that Litecoin isn’t able to acquire a status of a completely decentralized asset with him on the head. That means that Charlie Lee is leaving to make sure Litecoin is able to become even more decentralized, which is in the spirit of blockchain technology in the first place.

Even though Litecoin’s CEO confirmed that he is going to leave the team, he kept private the date when he will no longer be a part of Litecoin, so we can only wait for more updates on his departure or feel free to guess when this departure will occur.

Later on, during the Twitter conversation, Charlie Lee said that there is no need to worry because he won’t be leaving Litecoin any time soon, “not today, or tomorrow”, which means that it could happen in ten years from now!

The question about Charlie Lee leaving Litecoin appeared even back in December 2017 when Litecoin’s CEO sold his Litecoin units. Moreover on the subject on how well Litecoin is doing at the current moment, it seems that the overall tone of conversation implicated that he is worried about the recent downfalls LTC has had with dropping from the 5th to taking the 7th place on the global coin ranking list, although Litecoin is trading in the green for quite some time now.

Charlie Lee explained that he is hoping that over time, Litecoin will become more decentralized with the greatest portion of control belonging to the users, which would contribute to the level of decentralization of this digital asset.

For now, it is certain that Charlie Lee is sticking around in order to push Litecoin towards new achievements and technological improvements.

Litecoin and Running Private Nodes

Talking about decentralization of Litecoin, Charlie Lee posted a message that made a pretty neat comparison between private nodes and watches. He stated in this message that running a private node is like having your own watch, which means that you don’t have to ask anyone about the time – you know what time it is.

The same thing is with having private nodes on a decentralized platform – when running private nodes; you don’t need a confirmation from miners when operating with transactions. That is how Charlie Lee reminded everyone in this comparison that all these nodes would be at the same time running together although separate, just like everyone has their own watch but the time remains the same. That means that no one can change the time unless everyone agrees with it.

It seems like this message that Charlie Lee is trying to introduce us to a new vision that would enable Litecoin to become more decentralized with the greater power given to the users of LTC.

In addition to this story, everyone was surprised (mostly in a negative way) when Charlie Lee made a statement about the latest scandal with BCH. Apparently, the founder of Bitcoin Cash, Roger Ver, made people buy BCH making them believe that they were actually buying BTC. There is a lawsuit coming up towards Roger Ver, still potentially. However, Charlie Lee stated that the lawsuit, in this case, is unnecessary because Roger Ver didn’t do anything illegal.

Many Litecoin followers and crypto enthusiasts don’t agree with Charlie Lee on this matter, however, that is not affecting the growth of Litecoin in the market as LTC is trading in the green against the dollar.

How is Litecoin doing at the Current Moment?

Now ranked as the seventh-best currency according to the global coin report, which is actually a defeat for LTC, Litecoin is still trading in the green.

After the latest change in the market, Litecoin has got another raise of 2.07%, on May 3rd.

In addition to rising against the dollar, Litecoin is also rising up against BTC, which means that this coin is doing slightly better than the original coin as it is trading up by 1.21% against Bitcoin.

After the latest change, Litecoin can be purchased at the price of 151.52$ per one unit, which is still away from its record price of around 333$ per one LTC coin.

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XNO Token of Xeno NFT Hub listed on Bithumb Korea Exchange

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Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 25th January, 2021, // ChainWire //

Xeno Holdings Limited (xno.live ), a blockchain solutions company based in Hong Kong, has announced the listing of its ecosystem utility token XNO on the ‘Bithumb Korea’ cryptocurrency exchange on January 21st 2021.

Xeno NFT Hub (market.xno.live ), developed by Xeno Holdings, enables easy minting of digital items into NFTs while also providing a marketplace where anyone can securely trade NFTs.

The Xeno NFT Hub project team includes former members of the technology project Yosemite X based in San Francisco and professionals such as Gabby Dizon who is a games industry expert and NFT space influencer based in Southeast Asia.

NFT(Non-Fungible Token) technology has recently gained huge focus in the blockchain arena and beyond, making waves in the online gaming sector, the art world, and the digital copyrights industry in recent years. The strongest feature of NFTs is that “NFTs are unique digital assets that cannot be replaced or forged”. Unlike fungible tokens such as Bitcoin or Ether, NFTs are not interchangeable for other tokens of the same type but instead each NFT has a unique value and specific information that cannot be replaced. This fact makes NFTs the perfect solution to record and prove ownership of digital and real-world items like works of art, game items, limited-edition collectibles, and more. One of the ways to have a successful…

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Should Crypto Projects Devote Resources to Community Growth and Marketing?

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2020 has been an incredible year for crypto as investors have generated windfall profits and crypto projects have seen their businesses gain the spotlight they’ve been looking for.  While Bitcoin has received most of the attention after major institutional investors announced they were accumulating the increasingly scarce asset, many altcoins have also seen their fair share of glory.  When looking at all the big winners of the past year, the first project that probably comes to mind is Chainlink, having appreciated by more than 550% YTD and now valued at over $4.5 billion.  But, the actual biggest winner of the year is HEX with a YTD return of over 5,000%.

I mention both of the above projects as they have each taken slightly different paths to achieve greatness.  Chainlink has devoted resources toward building a fundamentally sound business with many strategic partnerships while HEX has spent vast sums of money on marketing and promotion.  Both approaches are valid, but one thing is certain, it is absolutely imperative for crypto projects to let the crypto community know what makes them special.  Of course, one of the reasons that makes crypto so valuable is the powerful blockchain technology that most projects are utilizing.

Cryptocurrency vs. Blockchain Technology

It’s important to make a distinction between blockchain technology and cryptocurrency.  Although they are often used interchangeably, they are different.  Blockchain technology and crypto were both created after the 2008 financial crisis, but cryptocurrency…

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XENO starts VIP NFT trading service and collaborates with contemporary artist Hiro Yamagata

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Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 24th December, 2020, // ChainWire //

The XENO NFT Hub (https://xno.live) will provide a crypto-powered digital items and collectables trading platform allowing users to create, buy, and sell NFTs. Additionally it will support auction based listings, governance and voting mechanisms, trade history tracking, user rating and other advanced features.

As a first step towards its fully comprehensive service, XENO NFT Hub launched a recent VIP service to select users and early adopters in December 2020 with plans for a full Public Beta to open in June 2021. 

“NFTs are extremely flexible in their usage, from digital event tickets to artwork, and while NFTs have a very wide spectrum of uses and categories XENO will initially focus its partnership efforts and its own item curation on three primary areas: gaming, sports & entertainment, and collectibles.”, said XENO NFT Hub president Anthony Di Franco.

He also added “This does not mean we will prohibit other types of NFTs from our ecosystem However, it simply means that XENO’s efforts as a company will be targeted into these verticals initially as a cohesive business approach.”

Development and Procurement Lead, Gabby Dizon explained, “Despite our initial focus, we found ourselves with a unique opportunity to host some of the works of Mr. Hiro Yamagata. We are collaborating with Japanese artist Hiro Yamagata to enshrine some of his artwork into NFTs.”

Mr. Yamagata has…

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