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" There will always be people who will support us, and there will always be naysayers. "
Tyler Winklevoss
Support
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Will
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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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" 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. "
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" I'm not a man who likes to define his identity too narrowly. "
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" Dad was a pure entrepreneur. The dinner conversations weren't like, 'Did the Yankees win today?' "
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" Our basic thesis for bitcoin is that it is better than gold. "
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" 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. "
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" Often, people are afraid to be good at more than one thing. "
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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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" 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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" Gox was a pattern of poor operations, poor customer service, poor PR. You can't just take bitcoin and hide. "
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" 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. "
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Like
Storms
" I remember when people called Facebook a fad. "
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" Our business isn't to be famous: that's not what we do; that's not what we strive for. "
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Our
Business
" 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. "
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Landscapes
Calling
" I think fiat currencies will become digital. "
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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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You
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" Judging a child taking his first steps for not being able to run a marathon is shortsighted. "
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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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View
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" I've been a huge fan of Mike Judge for a long time. "
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Fan
Been
" We were there at the beginning of the web 2.0. "
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Beginning
Were
" We dealt with a lot of skepticism early on, when we first spoke about bitcoin. "
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" Everybody has a good idea, but nothing goes as planned. "
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" Bitcoins - it's freedom. It's very American. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" 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. "
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" With Bitcoin, no one has a monopoly of information. "
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" There's a difference between being a fundamentalist and being al-Qaeda and being Muslim. It's absurd to think otherwise. "
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