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" Dad was a pure entrepreneur. The dinner conversations weren't like, 'Did the Yankees win today?' "

Tyler Winklevoss

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" In our early experiences with bitcoin, we found how few people were building bitcoin exchanges the right way. They really weren't taking the regulation seriously; they were taking it too much like how you would approach something when you're 18, full of the excitement of youth and throwing caution to the wind. "

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" We have elected to put our money and faith in a mathematical framework that is free of politics and human error. "

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" We eat, sleep, breathe bitcoin. "

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" I'm not a man who likes to define his identity too narrowly. "

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" Facebook is like the Internet: a large company and an application. Bitcoin is a protocol for decentralisation, so you could build a decentralised company on top of it, a stock market. It's an Internet of ownership, so it's not quite a direct comparison. "

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" We may have been born on third base, but we worked like we were starting from home plate. You know: batter up. "

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" There will always be people who will support us, and there will always be naysayers. "

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" To shut down Bitcoin is to shut down the Internet. "

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" The idea of money being something physical is almost entirely a fiction. Sure, you can go to your ATM and pull out cash. And you can feel cash in your back pocket and have some tangible comfort there - but in reality, the majority of your money is a number on a screen. "

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" I've been a huge fan of Mike Judge for a long time. "

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" Gemini is a spot bitcoin exchange. To use it, you sign up with Gemini.com and undergo the initial standard review process, similar to what you'd encounter at a traditional bank. Once you're through, you can ACH or wire cash to the platform, then begin buying and selling bitcoin. "

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" One of the things that has plagued bitcoin is not bitcoin itself but the companies built on top of it. "

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