Great discussion. Charlie Lee will be the first of many. They are the focal points of any crypto. When FIAT is truly under competition, who's government going to go after. By distancing themselves. People like Charlie has the ability to say, "hey, I have nothing invested in this". He is needed for marketing and adoption, but once adoption is in place he can walk (run) away and can say "I have nothing to do with Litecoin anymore". I'd be annoyed if I owned Litecoin, but in the long run I think he has improved long term prospects of the coin.
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