- Charlie Lee speaks on LTC’s Mimblewimble integration.
- The hidden inflation on privacy chains.
In a recent interview, Charlie Lee, the Founder of Litecoin (LTC), talked about the current plans to integrate the Mimblewimble privacy mechanism on the blockchain. Lee answered several questions from LTC users including the several developmental concerns that may arise on the blockchain once implementation is complete.
Furthermore, Lee explained the concept of ‘hidden inflation’ that is common on privacy-based blockchain stating users wanting privacy will not care much about it.
Charlie Lee Speaks on LTC’s Mimblewimble Integration
Some of the questions focused on the future of LTC transactions and how to integrate the privacy features of Mimblewimble on the blockchain.
Users were curious about whether the normal blockchain will take precedence or the Mimblewimble-enabled chain. According to the planned privacy enhancements, users will be able to select on exchanges whether to carry out a privacy enhanced transaction or a public one.
Responding to the confusion building up, Lee said he has talked to several exchanges on the regulatory issues that surround the privacy enhanced transactions with most agreeing to go along with it. He further said,
“Initially the use of Litecoin post-MimbleWimble implementation will be difficult; it’s going to be a learning curve. Not all wallets will support it from the start[…] Since it is a soft fork, the whole ecosystem won’t need to care about it until they want to.”
Lee, however, believes the current upgrades will benefit Litecoin’s privacy as a coin stating the privacy features may draw more users to LTC.
The Hidden Inflation on Privacy Chains
In what has become a raging topic across the privacy coins communities, Charlie said “hidden inflation” on privacy coins may not affect users willing to own privacy enhanced crypto.
In March, crypto analyst and developer, Tim Ruffing, exposed that there may be a bug on all privacy blockchains cryptography that makes “inflation undetectable” on the blockchain.
While this makes the blockchain more susceptible to attacks from hackers who may inflate the cash in the system, Lee believes this is a risk privacy-focused users are willing to take. On how Litecoin aims to prevent such an attack Lee said:
“The good thing about our ecosystem is the extension block for Litecoin; it would be kind of isolated by itself. So even if something happens to that, it won’t infiltrate the main chain because one won’t be able to withdraw more coins.”