In the future, when people look back at the early days of Bitcoin, they'll say, 'It was so obvious that the ability to move money anywhere, instantly, at near-zero cost would be a huge success.

The blockchain does one thing: It replaces third-party trust with mathematical proof that something happened.

What bitcoin does better than the current financial system is it's a better stored value globally. There are a lot of countries that really don't trust their banks or their currency, and bitcoin is an alternative.

Pave your own path and be fearless.

I trust bitcoin more than I trust my bank.

I saw Bitcoin as an actual market opportunity: as a trillion-dollar marketplace with long-term potential.