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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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" Bitcoins - it's freedom. It's very American. "

" For me, becoming the best you can be in something that you love, like rowing, is incredibly challenging, and what you learn about yourself, the sense of satisfaction as you get older and move on, you'll never forget that. It's huge. "

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" On one of our very first days when we tried rowing, our coach, James Mangan, showed us a video of the Boat Race. That was part of the impetus for us to start rowing. "

" We dealt with a lot of skepticism early on, when we first spoke about bitcoin. "

" The promise of the Internet is being held back by Visa, Master Card, American Express. "

" There's a difference between being a fundamentalist and being al-Qaeda and being Muslim. It's absurd to think otherwise. "

" 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. "

" Bitcoin and digital currency is just this thing that was always going to happen. "

" Often, people are afraid to be good at more than one thing. "

" I think fiat currencies will become digital. "

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

" Our business isn't to be famous: that's not what we do; that's not what we strive for. "

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

" Everybody has a good idea, but nothing goes as planned. "

" We were there at the beginning of the web 2.0. "

" I don't think it hurts to have rowing featured in a movie that's in the race for the best pictures. If it means someone might try the sport... then I'm really excited and happy about that. "

" If Bitcoin is a better gold or seen as a type of gold-like asset, then it could be in the trillions on a market cap. "

" Judging a child taking his first steps for not being able to run a marathon is shortsighted. "

" Cash is going to be killed. It will be nostalgia. "

" Hate is a strong word. It's also very destructive, so no - I don't hate Mark Zuckerberg. "

" We eat, sleep, breathe bitcoin. "

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

" Every investor around the world wants to invest in U.S. markets because they're regulated and they're licensed. They're trustworthy; they have confidence. If you take that away, the global economy will take a hit like nothing else. We want to create that for Bitcoin. "

" When you have a lot of talent, you don't necessarily have to be gracious and consider everyone. "

" 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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