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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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" The narrative behind bitcoin has been dominated by bad behavior. The reality is bitcoin is filled with tons of talented developers building infrastructure. "

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

" 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. "

" I remember when people called Facebook a fad. "

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

" Bitcoins are like gold bars with wings. That is why I, and so many others, view bitcoin and its network as gold 2.0. "

" When you think about how everything else works in the digital age and the way that money does, money really falls short. "

" We eat, sleep, breathe bitcoin. "

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

" Auctions create greater price discovery and liquidity, resulting in a very meaningful final auction price. If you were building a securities exchange today, an auction would be a core feature. "

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

Tyler Winklevoss

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Will

" 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. "

" 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. "

Tyler Winklevoss

You

Move On

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

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

" 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. "

" You'll be using digital currency. I think really what will happen is you'll use a combination of bitcoin, ether, your devices, the 'Internet of Things.' We've got billions of devices coming online. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" We've weathered a few storms before, like when social networking was considered a fad. I think that we have a track record of being on to something big. "

Tyler Winklevoss

Networking

Storms

" I think it's always interesting when you see a company start moving so quickly - it's like wow, incredible. When a company like Uber starts breaking away, it's not a linear thing. It's exponential. All of a sudden, the guy you know who threw $25,000 at Uber very early on - all the sudden, that $25,000 is $25 million. "

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

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

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

" Calling bitcoin volatile - it's a non-statement. Unregulated assets with unclear regulatory landscapes are always going to be volatile. That's what unregulated assets do. "

" The attraction to me was that Harvard was such a big community, with interesting things to do and interesting people, but you realise when you're there that things are a lot narrower than you thought. It's a little bit of a let-down. "

Tyler Winklevoss

You

Thought

" With Bitcoin, no one has a monopoly of information. "

" We are pretty firm believers in the fact that you make your own fate, with or without the Facebook ordeal. "