Charlie Lee Created The Crypto That Powers Dogecoin, But Recently Confessed It Was A ‘Headache’ — He Wished He Did This Instead
Posted On October 18, 2025
Litecoin (CRYPTO: LTC) could soon see its exchange-traded fund debut on Wall Street, but creator Charlie Lee said it was a “headache” and wished he hadn’t gone through with it.
Don’t Do Anything Else But Buy Bitcoin, Says Lee
During an interview with CoinDesk that aired Sept. 30, Lee was asked for advice he would give to his younger self.
My advice for myself would just to be, I think this would be surprising to a lot of people, but which is to buy Bitcoin, store it away, don’t sell anything and don’t do anything else related to crypto. Just sit on it and be anonymous,” Lee replied.
Lee, a former Google employee, disclosed that creating Litecoin did not make him more money and was “a lot of headache.”
“I really envy Satoshi [Nakamoto] sometimes …
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