[hndamien]

Of course he wanted to. The whole idea of Bitcoin was the free us from central banking. When Bitcoin was $30, this had hardly been achieved - it still is not accomplished today - but we are getting there. This was the point that Charlie Lee bought Bitcoin, and I presume it is the point when he decided to clone it. Philosophically this is a ridiculous thing to do if you believe in Bitcoin and what it was trying to achieve. This is the reason that I never have and never would buy Litecoin. Charlie's selling out only confirms what I already suspected. I hope the bag holders enjoy the whatever the ideology seems to be over there.