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

Tyler Winklevoss

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

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

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" Gox was a pattern of poor operations, poor customer service, poor PR. You can't just take bitcoin and hide. "

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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. "

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" Our basic thesis for bitcoin is that it is better than gold. "

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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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" 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. "

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

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" 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. "

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" I think fiat currencies will become digital. "

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

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

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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. "

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

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

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" I think our path to the Olympics is a good metaphor for how you build a company. Our skill and commitment grew over time, day by day, stroke by stroke. So, sports are tied well with our entrepreneurial pursuits because you train for a few years, but there is no guarantee that you will succeed. "

Tyler Winklevoss

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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" We see bitcoin as potentially the greatest social network of all. "

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" We didn't grow up in a jock household. In fact, my dad is an entrepreneur. He was a computer programmer; he was a professor of actuarial science at Wharton for 13 years, then started his own company that was software-based. "

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

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