Litecoin (LTC) founder Charlie Lee now an advisor for HTC’s blockchain smartphone

Charlie Lee, the co-founder of Litecoin and former Director of Engineering at cryptocurrency platform Coinbase, has announced that he's to be an advisor to HTC for the Exodus smartphone.

Deliberate for an autumn launch, the Exodus is designed to be  the primary smartphone “devoted to decentralized purposes and safety.” After manufacturing 100 million cell units, HTC say that that is its try to “reshape the web” and “make decentralization a actuality.”

The system will comprise a wide range of options aimed on the cryptocurrency person. HTC describes Exodus as operating “the Switzerland of Protocols” to attain blockchain interoperability andeach cellphone will act as a node on the Bitcoin and Ethereum networks. The Exodus may even perform as a common pockets for all of a person’s crypto holdings.

In keeping with Lee, he met with the HTC Exodus group final week and was “actually excited” that the system will “help LTC and Lightning Community on Litecoin natively.” He has signed on as an advisor for the mission as he thinks {that a} “safe crypto cellphone that makes LN easy” is the important thing to securing mass adoption of the know-how. He additionally notes that the Exodus will nonetheless supply Bitcoin natively.

Met the HTC Exodus group final week and was actually excited to listen to the cellphone will help LTC and Lightning Community on Litecoin natively! I will probably be an advisor as I see having a safe crypto cellphone that makes LN easy is required for mass adoption.

P.S. No, they won't take away BTC. https://t.co/WQcygPVst0

— Charlie Lee (@SatoshiLite) 30 July 2018

Phil Chen, Chief Crypto Officer on the mission for HTC, publicly welcomed Lee to the mission. He stated that he was “privileged” to be working with each Lee and Elizabeth Stark, the cofounder of Lightning Labs, and that he was “excited to be on this journey” with them.

Privileged for the Exodus Telephone to be working with @SatoshiLite and @starkness. Excited to be on this journey with you. @edithyeung@dominic_w https://t.co/JwRefIEPIP

— Phil Chen (@philchen913) 30 July 2018

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