Bitcoin Quotes

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[Jon Matonis @jonmatonis]

"And then, after a bit, we will ask ourselves: why do we need a bank to run the blockchain again?" https://t.co/bCYbQjyjcI by @m_ramius

[Andreas (aantonop Team) @aantonop]

Peru was amazing. Great conference on innovation organized by Intercorop. Lots of potential for bitcoin in Peru. Hope to be back soon

[Andreas (aantonop Team) @aantonop]

Viewing bitcoin as a commodity, CFTC joins several other regulators who view it as an asset, a security or currency. Didnt narrow definition

[Marcus @marcswane]

Bitcoin mining = democratization of financial infrastructure

[Jon Matonis @jonmatonis]

Absolutely not! Investors of bitcoin or of a bitcoin fund don't want their assets subject to repeated violations. https://t.co/XjrgNIJlEN

[Andrew Miller @socrates1024]

Bitcoin miners compete to "solve complex math problems" in the same sense lottery winners "predict the future"

[Roger Ver @rogerkver]

While they contribute nothing to the operation of Bitcoin, and often hinder adoption, governments require bitcoin users to pay taxes.

[Arvind Narayanan @random_walker]

I suspect "private blockchain" is just a confusing name for "shared database."

[Kristov Atlas @kristovatlas]

One lesson from BitPay hack: "Customer deposits are fully insured" = ???

[Paul Vigna @paulvigna]

I don't expect the Fed to hike, but I never in a million years expected Darth Vadar to be Luke's father.

[Jon Matonis @jonmatonis]

"We should call private blockchains what they really are: wealth transfer mechanisms from banks to fintech consultants." #FTW15

[Nic Cary @niccary]

The amount of positive news across the #Bitcoin industry the past week has me pretty amped up.

[Greg Slepak (@[email protected]) @taoeffect]

One thing I've learned during my visit to NYC is that about half the people interested in Bitcoin (the finance world) actively hate it.

[Greg Slepak (@[email protected]) @taoeffect]

Case in point: #Consensus2015 ticket prices high to "keep out the crazy libertarians" (that's an approximate quote).

[iang @iang_fc]

@zooko Law follows economics follows physics.
As we invent new ways to do better with physics, new economic efficiency emerges.
Law adjusts.

[Kristov Atlas @kristovatlas]

"You can layer on AML and KYC on top of privacy, but you can’t do it the other way around."

[Kristov Atlas @kristovatlas]

"The people most excited by confidential transactions were [US] banks. They found that non-privacy of bitcoin txs was bad for them."

[Kristov Atlas @kristovatlas]

"...which do exist, then that would be a good indication that there’s not good privacy in the system." 2/

[Kristov Atlas @kristovatlas]

"Fungibility is a metric for privacy in bitcoin. If there were markets where you could get lower quality bitcoin at a discount..." 1/