The LTC archive
The day’s source brief. The longer conversation. Every edition keeps its date, its evidence and its limits.
One publication. A new dated record each day.
3 publication days · 4 saved versions
Daily target: 10 a.m. New York time, subject to source checks and publishing availability. Dates with no published edition remain unlinked. We never fill a missed day with a backdated issue.
Two new collector’s reads / October 5, 2026
One engineer’s journey.
A network’s overlooked ideas.
Charlie Lee
From Google’s software teams to Coinbase, from an open launch to Lightning experiments and the hard work of maintenance: a public-record portrait of Litecoin’s creator.
8 chapters · Open the special ↗AI-prepared · Public sources · Research through 2026-10-05
The overlooked Litecoin
A Litecoin field guide to the details behind the slogans: launch rules, shared work, privacy, experiments and the people who make software usable.
8 chapters · Open the special ↗AI-prepared · Public sources · Research through 2026-10-05A place on the shelf. A story to keep.
Special issue / 84 pages / Revision 3
Proof of Birthday follows Litecoin from an open launch to a global community: Charlie Lee, the Foundation, merged mining, privacy builders and the institutional paper trail.
Founder reviewed
Prepared October 4, 2026 · Research through October 4 · Advance cover date October 15 · Network anniversary October 13. AI-prepared; source-specific limitations remain visible.
Publication calendar · Newest first
Latest 14 days with editions
6 source briefs
First edition
Lunch Time Conversations
The world between blocks.
Two networks. A world of people. One daily conversation.
Automated source briefing
Two networks. A world of people. One daily conversation.
Read this day’s editionAI-prepared · Human editorial review not recorded.
Automated source briefing
6 sourced briefs. BTC/USD last trade: $85,387.2 · LTC/USD last trade: $71.368
Read this day’s editionAI-prepared · Human editorial review not recorded.
Automated source briefing
6 sourced briefs. BTC/USD last trade: $84,577.22 · LTC/USD last trade: $69.131
Read this day’s editionAI-prepared · Human editorial review not recorded.
Expanded this issue at the founder’s request with saved daily cover and back-page design and timestamped BTC/LTC venue-price snapshots; the earlier source-only revision remains available.
Explainers · Analysis · Field guides
October 2, 2026
Lightning & open-source builders
Field guide · 3 min
Editorial preview · Human review pending
LND v0.21.4-beta arrived on October 1. Its release record offers a useful exercise in how open-source changes become understandable, testable evidence.
October 2, 2026
Public policy & custody
Analysis · 3 min
Editorial preview · Human review pending
The SEC’s October 1 proposal puts crypto custody arrangements under discussion. Our reading begins with the action taken, then the questions it leaves open.
October 1, 2026
Community & the world
Field guide · 4 min
Editorial preview · Human review pending
A field guide for a first gathering: one useful lesson, one shared act of service and room for someone who knows nothing about Bitcoin.
October 1, 2026
Litecoin & treasury research
Analysis · 4 min
Editorial preview · Human review pending
A growing register can help researchers find evidence. Adding every row together can still answer the wrong question.
October 1, 2026
Custody & security
Field guide · 4 min
Editorial preview · Human review pending
An institutional name or a regulatory milestone can matter. It still does not describe every product, entity or recovery path.
October 1, 2026
Builders & AI
Field guide · 4 min
Editorial preview · Human review pending
Useful autonomy starts with a narrow task, a visible trail and a human who can stop the work.
October 1, 2026
Politics & public record
Analysis · 4 min
Editorial preview · Human review pending
Proposed, finalized, announced, enacted: one word can change the meaning of a policy story.
October 1, 2026
Wall Street & institutions
Explainer · 4 min
Editorial preview · Human review pending
A share price, a holdings file and a financial disclosure can all be correct—and describe different moments.
October 1, 2026
Bitcoin & proof of work
Explainer · 4 min
Editorial preview · Human review pending
Behind the price ticker is a more interesting question: what can you verify without asking someone else to believe for you?
First drafted September 30, 2026
Markets & institutions
Explainer · 5 min
A continuing method note: source dates, debt, dilution and the editorial compact. An AI-prepared explainer awaiting human editorial review.
Daily edition records preserve corrections as new revisions. Git history preserves source changes; no independently certified timestamp or comprehensive history predating our first edition is claimed.
