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Litecoin, Confidential Transactions & Maximalism
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Dan McArdle- January 30, 2019
On Monday, Charlie Lee announced that Litecoin would be focused on adding Confidential Transactions (CT):
As someone who’s been vocal about Litecoin’s pointlessness since it traded for pennies (where it belongs), I have mixed feelings about this development.
I agree with Charlie that fungibility is a key property of sound money, and bitcoin is clearly lacking in this regard today (as evidenced by the existence an entire sub-industry of blockchain forensics companies).
But is there really value to CT on Litecoin?
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