YOUR FACE HERE

When anyone accepts something at ‘face value’, they are taking what they see at its first and most easily accessible point as true or valid. It can be a practice in laziness, naivety, and in many cases, an opportunity to trust something or someone, even if we know what is being told or presented may not be true.

Decentralization provides an opportunity for many different things to occur, because many different people are involved. It is a steering away in oversight or control from an individual or small group of individuals, to one of scattered management and execution maintained by many over a wider expanse of location and responsibilities.

Litecoin creator, Charlie Lee

Litecoin is decentralized, even while just being weened off of its creator at this point. It is Charlie Lee’s creation, of course. But like any good parent, he is hoping his child will forge its own way based upon the foundation and merits he has helped provide it over the past seven years.

It is part of the reason he sold his Litecoin. Not the sole reason, but one of the reasons, and that fact helps in creating the environment we now find ourselves in as part of that decentralized effort. Charlie knows it cannot survive simply off of what some with a more conservative and traditional, company-based approach see as a large part of its face value, him.

And so we trudge through this ugly, uncomfortable stage of life, much like a child just hitting puberty. Not sure of who we are, what we are, or how we want to be looked at by others. Our identity is in transition as we continually look away, and at, our parent at the same time. Our body parts aren’t always in sync and are continually evolving, but we need to realize and embrace that they will evolve regardless of our trepidation or inexperience. Much like the Middle School lad having hormonal spurts when the class bell rings, we need to stand up at some point and face the world.

Litecoin (age 14)

Like any teen child, our frustration and angst is normally taken out on our parent(s) in the form of lashing out when things don’t go our way, or when we end up embarrassed by their behavior in public. But in reality, the parent’s words or actions don’t define us anymore than a complete stranger’s words or actions do.

And that, in a nutshell, is the beauty of a decentralized project such as Litecoin. The creator is a part of the face and of the value, but is not and can never be the sum of all of it’s parts. It just simply isn’t allowed by definition.

So in order for this awkward teen of a currency to function in today’s society, all of its parts must work in unison, regardless of distance, race, monetary status, and abilities. We must face the ever growing world of crypto together as one, yet also as individuals.

We all can’t be named Charlie, and in all honesty I don’t want to be. I want to be me, just as much as you should want to be you. But it doesn’t mean our collective efforts and talents cannot be channeled in a way that provides value to the true face of Litecoin, which is us.