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American businessman Bill Gates again spoke out against the first crypto currency: in the Squawk Box program on CNBC, the co-founder of Microsoft called bitcoin one of the most speculative things in the world. This slightly tilted the course of the coin on Monday, May 7, but today it is still in the green zone.

"I would oppose bitcoin if there was an easy way to do this," said Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft Corporation in CNBC's Squawk Box, on Monday, May 7.

    "As an asset class, you do not produce anything, and so you should not expect it to rise, it's a kind of pure investment" stupid theory, "Gates said in the CNBC program" Squawk Box. "

     "Bitcoin and ICO, I believe, I believe, these are some of the crazy, speculative things," Gates said. He added that someone once gave him bitcoins for his birthday, but he sold it in a few years.

According to Gates, there is no need to count on the growth of bitcoin's value: "from the point of view of the asset class, you do not produce anything." The largest shareholder of Microsoft considers investing in this cryptonet "the theory of a bigger fool in its pure form."

She claims that money can be made by acquiring securities without regard for their quality and selling them at a profit, because there will always be a "bigger fool." Proceeding from the theory, speculative bubbles grow in this way, which burst with time and bring down the value of shares in a mass sale.

Note that earlier Gates accused the BTC of the death of people, pointing out that the coin is often used to buy drugs. In November 2014, the businessman called bitcoin "a revolutionary technology and the most innovative solution in the modern Internet payment market."

Like many critics of crypto currency, Gates acknowledged that the basic technology of blockchain has its advantages. Blocking eliminates the need for a third-party intermediary, such as a bank, to quickly create a secure, permanent report on the transaction between the two parties. Bitcoin is the first application of blocking technology, and companies are exploring ways to use technology to manage supply chains, trade and other areas.

He has been positive about bitcoin, then negative, then positive again, now he is negative again. What's this guy's deal?
I mean he can't be in it for the money, so why fud?

Bill Gates is a dinosaur like Buffet  :P
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3644374.0

Probably trying to catch up on some sort of buzz around him, I do not know why, otherwise I do not understand what the point is, so often change the chair on which he sits.

Bitcoin is money, since it has also limited supply, we invest in it, not because of that it produces some value. He can already do nothing but opposing bitcoin.

Um, what is gold then? And that's something held by central banks and weirdos the world over. There's some actual usage there but that makes up a tiny percentage of the value, the rest of pure speculation too.

He did describe it a greater fool scheme and I think he's right there, but if you hang around long enough that may well change.

Some rich people support cryptocurrency others against it. but I still remain with my opinion and vote for cryptocurrency. I think this is our future.

Did someone paid him to give paid reviews ?
I remember the time when he said all those good things about Bitcoins and now what is this ?
😐 I don't understand why a man that respectable would change his thoughts and all.

At the end of the day everything is an asset .. literally everything.. then why is he doing this partiality ? He should speak again precious stones and even dollars ! And the stock market and everything else too !

Noone will be intersted with his opinion soon yep i think most of people like Bill Gates wouldnt like BTC and other coins as it will take over everything new era is coming.

I love these points, it nice to see him state bitcoin cannot be stopped.

We dont need to produce anything in order to give it value, its a digital
technology, its value is in its supply, acceptance and useability.

Rolls eyes

So, he did actually take place in selling Bitcoin too. He should've given it out to charity as it was gifted him if he never believed in it. Honestly, I don't know why Gates allows himself to be tossed around by the waves concerning his stand on cryptocurrency. The other time he was silently endorsing it, now he is rebuking those hodling it. Anyway, whatever Gates strategy is, I think crypto fans should not be distracted from what they believe in.

These big people will speak negative about anything they can't have that thing in their control.

Maybe it is the signs of of a person that is getting old, sometimes you don't get it-what they want, what they are trying to say, what are they doing that you see but you don't understand.

He maybe the smart-ass or one of the founders of Microsoft but I guess his time is finished and he should let it to the youngsters that are more intellectual and competitive than his generations. Or he is just jealous on why didn't he ever thought of this blocking technology, and some other guy called Satoshi and friends did(well if he had some). Walkie-talkie are no more, we are experiencing some and most brilliant innovations of all-time, and there are more to come.

That's an extremely interesting statement coming from the man that is claiming to be making an attempt at curing the world's most serious diseases. I wouldn't say this it is typical for him to seek the easy way out. That being said, maybe it's harder to oppose Bitcoin in any significant way than it is to cure the world's most deadly transferable diseases.


Wrong, Mr. Gates. It certainly produces many things, one of the most significant is economic control, security and decentralization. It has been a technological innovation and has provided a solution to the Byzantine General's problem in such a magnificent manner that top corporations are attempting to mimic the blockchain and failing miserably.


If you link Bitcoin and any random ICO into the same bucket then you're clearly uninformed or willfully misleading and I'm not interested in hearing the rest of what you have to say on this subject.


I wonder if Gates would accuse every other currency to be responsible for the death of people, because of the same reason. Very interesting that he has changed his tune about Bitcoin.


Then I fail to see how he has come to the initial conclusion that was presented. I'm at a loss for this man's line of reasoning. It seems like extremely wealthy people that would have a vested interest in maintaining the current framework of finances are united against Bitcoin and it makes me laugh. They are so predictable.

How are awful these ignorant  old dudes. He doesn't know anything about what he speaking. I can bet my house on it. He is just another one loudmouth

he surely has his point, that its pure speculation when it comes to prices. However it's not completely true, if you consider bitcoin as a potential payment method when the people actually need to buy bitcoin first, before spending it. That can create the real demand for btc

You can't expect dinosaurs to embrace new revolutionary technology...it's beyond their comprehension. Blockchain will be embraced by future generations, not the current one. Plus, Bill and other corporate billionaires like him will do anything to protect the current financial system in which they are Gods.

Sometimes it makes you wonder if this people really understand how crypto market works. Or they don't like anything that they can't hold into their hands as crypto is pure virtual. However, I believed in him saying that bitcoin is speculative asset, however, I disagree with him saying that bitcoin investment is "the theory of a bigger fool in its pure form." Well if you invest wrongly, not just on bitcoin, even in stock markets and if you are just really in for a quick rich scheme, then you are wrong. That's why you have to be very careful putting your money into crypto, because its based on speculation, but it doesn't mean that you are fool. LOL. Everything can go wrong, but if you don't know how to protect your investment then you really better get out of crypto.

I think he's confused with his statement

This is what whales DO! Manipulate the market every chance they get, when someone like him stated that bitcoin has no future,it will never rise blah blah , then it's starting a panic sell and the price is going down dramatically. and that's when they BUY,

They clearly knows this is the  FUTURE, and this is them preparing, we already seen once bitcoin rising to 20,000$ by the end of last year, and now it's 6 months to this year, perfect time to lower the price and collect some to prepare for the next big event.

Many blockchain experts predicted that BTC price will be around at least go to 50,000$ by 2020 , These billionaires are trying to add few more billion to their collection by spreading such things, and buying the cheapest possible, while they can.

I think that is just envy, you know why its because bitcoin is the most   popular now all over the world than him, he not only to accept in himself that more famous now the bitcoin than him, we do not pay attention to him that is because that is old man, the elder is hard to teach.lol

In his head, the devils are running around, maybe he already has problems with his mind, he should have calmed down long ago, and settle down in his old age .. Nowadays he can not do anything useful, though he never could, a common deceiver

That's it, totally agree, the ordinary billionaire who cares only about money.

That is in fact the nature of the people and specially when they missed a good opportunity to buy bitcoin in a low price, they try their best to buy it in a low price, but i think that now the investors have become too much wise and now they are not selling their coin on the bases of such bad and false news in the  market.

I strongly believe bitcoin stay strong as crypto currency, we should knows bill gates are the man one of the most talented and rich people using the new technology as inventor of Microsoft become he getting rich and famous around the world.

after a year bill gates interview there are no one can stop bitcoin as currency because the new technology around the world is continue to progress, and now I do not understand why bill gates now are against to the bitcoin as first digiytal crypto currency.

Maybe his just unsure about bitcoin coz it is actually used in illegal way, they can't trace it. and that somehow is really a big issue too, we have all this doubts and different perspective about  bitcoin, but it is technology and it is being used all over the world, so let's just see what the future thinks.

Bill Gates wants to ride the high moral horse now, but he stole most of his ideas from Steve Jobs. {Apple}  ::)

I think Michael Larson (Money manager} and Chief investment officer for The Gates Foundation and Bill Gates fortune,

should rather talk about financial matters, not Bill Gates.  ::) ... Bill Gates should just stick to what he does best. {computers}

Yes it is very speculative and very volatile. But this does not mean that Bitcoin is rubbish.

Bill Gates is big authority in a way but is he also expert for cryptocurrencies? This is not necessary the situation. Definetely when person like him says something this has certain impact but still we often give to such things too much attention.
To my opinion even not so positive comments said by prominent person could be promotion for Bitcoin.

It seems that two influential people found a common language.
At first, Warren E. Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. & then Bill Gates.
All major players including PayPal and Visa, who are losing a lot of money, make such kind of loud statements. I think they are cunning. But let's get down to brass tacks. Let's get right down to it, boys.
His speech was supposed to look like this.
"I hate cryptocurrency because I'm losing revenue. " That's all. You do not need to add anything else.

Bill Gates still lives in his Internet age. He doesn't know bitcoin, but he doesn't understand block chain technology.

Who cares about this nonsense?whos that bill gates?are his word important to this community?if not then stop posting here such kind of topic that will only create negativity in this forum,that lesbian(because no word of honor,always changing out views about crypto)is an old school and still living in his pentium computer lol

Previously Bill Gates had support the crypto currency and Bitcoin. I don't know why he get back his word.Personally I think, he had inverse their money and by the fluctuations. He may get depressed  ;D ;D
This may be the reason for the change in words. The well-known business should not change his word often.Many had invested their money in bitcoin.Because it will affect the bitcoin price.So they will get affected.

If Bill gate can also make such a positive assertion to bitcoin, I just see fear and hate on bitcoin from its bourgeois critics. Most wealthy critics are hating because bitcoin is purely investment and not on production. But, that is how bitcoin has been made. The innovative and production aspect of it has been made by the founders and so, investors just need to put there money where there mouth is.

Afterall, some other investors choose to put there money somewhere else including Microsoft.

Bill gate will be one of the popular man could gain bitcoin, we know how much money he have and how the power of his hand to gain bitcoin, where he can dump and pump bitcoin in few time. Will be most interested when Bill Gates have on bitcoin and he will be one of the power bitcoin. he can control when bitcoin on high price and bitcoin at low price. Will be good positive when bill gates on bitcoin.

It is very interesting what purpose he pursues, the fact that he negatively speaks in the direction of bitcoin? Does this clever guy really think so?

I think some of these big guys are getting scared of the potential of the new crypto paradigm. The status quo will always do what's in their power to stifle innovation if they feel a danger of their toes being stood on, including instigating FUD!

if i had to guess i would say Microsoft has some plans about creating a new cryptocurrency! windowsCoin maybe :P

in any case i find it interesting that him and Buffet have never said "bitcoin is a currency" and never talked about it in that sense. all they do is that they try to say first it is an investment and nothing more then try to prove it is useless!
i don't know what to make of it yet...

He is just doing that because he want people to dump there bitcoins in a lower price and he will surely buy it and make a good positive comments again about bitcoin and after that he saw that the price already pumping again he will put a bad comments again about crypto and buy more when the price goes down. This is the way whales manipulated the price.

Bill Gates revolutionized the personal computer industry. Yet here he seems to be against a new technology revolution. Don't understand it

sad, i thought he would change his mind but yeah, richest man on earth can say anything he wants.

Wow, another conflict statement, like what others stated, he ones silently endorsing this system, he said that no one can stop bitcoin, now he's against this system, I wonder, maybe he's bag holdings isn't full yet and he wanted to have some more before he will pull it up again, for weak holders this statement can create panics, but for those who already witness every negative statement, will try to buy more as we will anticipate that after some dumped, pumped high will follow.

Explanations of popular people about bitcoin are very important. Millions of people read reviews of famous people, and they are buying or selling bitcoins in line with these comments.
For this reason, we need to pay attention to the accuracy of the news source. There are many fake accounts.

gates had the right timing and good thoughts and endurance with microsoft.
now he does the best a human can. he saves lifes instead of beeing ceo of any company. he does not really care about btc.

but. he is and was not always correct in his predictions. he is a human, with luck with skills with errors.
and to be modest, he is an older man. technology already overtaken his  sight. (google, tesla, artificial intelligence, social media, crypto currency)

so, yes old people tend to follow his thoughts. younger not.

but he is right. investing in crypto is speculating. speculative investing in a future and maybe in a healther one than the "government fiat"  present is...

The funny thing is, Gates ultimately is a trader too!  ;D

Bill Gates is obviously a very intelligent man, however, like anyone who is successful, its easy for him to speak about subjects with the presumption of expertise (and for others to believe his opinion has weight) when really he's no more of an expert in this area than anyone else who has a passing familiarity with crypto. Its like when a doctor speaks about the stock market and other people think that his opinions are inherently noteworthy because of his perceived intelligence - they fail to realize that specialized knowledge in one field, which may itself be an indicator of great intelligence, means nothing when it comes to another field which requires just as much specialization to understand. So that said, Bill Gates can say whatever he wants about crypto, but as someone who is not active in the space, I could honestly care less what he's thoughts on the subject are.

Bill Gates opinion on Bitcoin matters about as much as Barney The Dinosaurs opinion on string theory.   ;D

Bill Gates and Warren Buffet need to go buy an Island together then fck off and stay there, they serve no purpose nor do they offer any value to society. They are both fcktards that hide behind FAKE philanthropy. The Bill and Melinda gates foundation is just one massive exploit of a tax loophole. The donations they provide are mainly to provide vaccinations in third world countries. Not with the intention to help but all part of their depopulation plan...

Now bill gates itself invested in many blockchain technologies and now saying hard tone on bitcoin because of warren buffet has a negative mind

‘Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is’: Winkelvoss Dares Bill Gates to Short Bitcoin
https://www.ccn.com/put-your-money-where-your-mouth-is-winkelvoss-dares-bill-gates-to-short-bitcoin/
 :P

Bill gates created one more Fud news which won't effort on bitcoin price any more people are mature enough to see bitcoin future with their own eyes and bill gates investing on blockchain technology on large scale

There is a chance, that this guy is a tool of big players. Because, he's changing his mind from time to time. I think he really realises the value of blockchain. We can't find out what is going on with him now.

let's look at it in a different perspective, if you own a lot of bitcoin and you sold it and you want to buy cheap value, what will you do??? just simply causing FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt, usually evoked intentionally in order to put a competitor at a disadvantage.). always remember that man is a businessman and if there is a chance of profit why would he / she put negative things to it on media. i guess your question is answered sir :). i would even do that if it is me.

There is a point in what Bill Gate says, now the market movement is completely because of the speculation, we need to have more market acceptance to be the monster we are expecting, with just a speculative coin the future is not bright and unless it can be used as a currency the price might not increase like the way John Mcfee expects to be.

I think he's being peer pressured by warren buffet. I have actually heard him speak positively of crypto a few months ago. I wonder what has changed

Interesting

I've seen or heard what he's said I can clearly capture what he means that Mr. Bill Gates's well aware of the greatness of bitcoin, that bitcoin's very hard to beat.
But eventually from his defeat Bill Gates ramble is not clear and little spread FUD.

perhaps bill gates see from a business point of view that blockchain technology can affect their business when it's implemented so it's about bitcoin, because I think bitcoin and their products have different market shares so I'm rather inclined to ask what's wrong with their product. because for me the concept of bitcoin is created to create financial stability so that it is no longer rare between the rich and the poor and this can also encourage economic growth as well because many people can buy a product from bitcoin.

Bill gates is not a psychic, he is just a human. Bitcoin is a very valuable asset like a diamond that is so rare and beautiful if it has it. With the existence of blockchain technology can perform fast transactions and can be done anywhere. 8)

Everything is waiting in the future, no one can be sure what you say is true at this time. I believe in the good future of BTC.

He's also an investor. Bitcoin and blockchain are a new trend so he wanna learn and know. If he create a new blockchain, i think it will be hot

Nah! I don't think that Bill Gates will be taking his interest on the Blockchain since he said it already that these are just a crazy and speculative things, that is just a proof he don't want to take part in it. He is a billionaire, but he is also a person with a different point of view as we are so Bitcoin may pump, bitcoin may dump I will still continue on what I am doing.

Everyone has their own truth, bill gates has his own truth and bill gates has his own truth. Before gates earned his first ten billion dollars, he was neither so scrupulous nor so pious. Of course, now he can afford to say whatever he wants, but this does not affect the essence of the blockchain technology and bitcoin itself, because it is already accepted by the whole world!

I think this should not really make the price of bitcoin and other cryptocurrency to collapse because I think bill gates can not affect the market price and even the government should not be able to influence the market price.

Maybe when people selling their bitcoin, bill gates want to buy it at lower price. As we know, bill gates is bussinessman, and as bussinessman bill gates want to make profits too. If we believe that bitcoin is good investment, better not listening FUD and not being panic with negative news about bitcoin.

It doesn't matter what he said. I think he will change his opinion soon according how people will adopt BTC.

To throw off the price, to buy cheaper ;D

If you ask for my opinion i will suggest we don't listen to this FUD creators. They are after their own earn.  They see BItcoin as a major competitor so definitely they'll search for means to disapprove it's credibility.

I feel that Bill Gates also wants to buy BTC, but I think the price of BTC may be too high, and I think it will be cheaper to buy again.

Bill Gates has so many points in what he has stated, and yes for the people who wants to know if bitcoin is used for illegal activities such as drugs, weapons, etc. yes it is true there are numerous cases of it, this is one of the reasons why Gates has doubts with bitcoin and one of the reason he'll oppose bitcoin.

You just misunderstood the old man,he was talking about "friendster"and "yahoo messenger"  lol 🤣🤣🤣

The oldman knows nothing about blockchain  he was thinking that its a google he was referring too.

And besides theres nothing to be bother about what this guy throw words against bitcoin,because hes not the one that would take effect if the market goes ups and down,so stop posting this kind of threads because this is not helping our communitu to grow and multiply

This man was unpredictable as bitcoin does,  sometimes he said that he was agreed with bitcoin and now he said that he want to agains bitcoin. I don't really get this man, maybe if he has a wise word or any motivation I wouldn't like to follow it even he was rich.

Everyone is free to decide on the attitude of bitcoin, if you like it then buy then keep for a long time of course can get profit, but if bill gates which is a conglomerate against bitcoin then this will not be very influential because bitcoin user is global and much richer than him.

yes that,s a good new for bitcoin

These people often make statements to drop Bitcoin, but I'm not sure this will be able to influence the price of Bitcoin.

Maybe he's just backing up his friend Warren.

Bill Gates is a wealthy man in a popular world and he can gain bitcoin. I think Bitcoin can get rid of it. If he wants to pump his pumps and dumps and if he looks at Bitcoin then it will be strong in the moment. If you want, you can pump it and control it. This will be possible only when Bill Gates will take a positive look at it.

anyway Bill gates is a rich bitch and noonne gives a shit what he says come on he owns Windows  ::)
And i think he also have many Bitcoins on holding for profits .




regards

Bill gates has it's own  progressive business  that's why he puts against bitcoin so as we are descendants of Bitcoins we will continue to strive hard to shines  all over the world.

The guy is just jealous. Here is one of the biggest investments in decades and he is not part of it.  ;D  Bill Gates and his people at Microsoft can see that this technology can be much bigger than their technology in the IT Industry in the future and they want to stop that. If they cannot be a part of this, then it is shit or speculative or a scam.  ::)

What value did Microsoft add to the world? It is basically a Operating system and a Money cow for it's investors.  ;D There was enough competition in that scene at the time, for it not to be unique or special at all.  :P

He can do it if he wants to

If he says that then maybe some banks offered him a huge amount of money to say that. Since he is old enough to care about the technology behind it.

He wants to attain something great thinking he can manipulate crypto price specillay bitcoin. He's just so pissed with bitcoin because there are lots of richer people than him now because of btc.

Let's be real, no one is yet richer than Bill Gates just by investing in crypto.

I get that we're all enthusiasts here, but sometimes the hyperbole is a bit too much for me.

Maybe he's just showing solidarity with his friend Warren B. After all, the article even states he's traded (more specifically sold BTC in the past).

In any case, even if BG really does doubt BTC, who cares. All that's important is that WE continue to believe in it!  8)

Bill Gates is a great business man I think he expressed his jealousy in bitcoin. Many people using computers but low in profits while Bitcoin install in the computer has gathered earned multiple profits.

Hmmmm. Why can't he just help Microsoft be back to it's glory days against Apple and Google. The dominance of a smartphone is growing year by year yet Microsoft killed its beautifully own Windows Mobile. There's even a smartphone built for cryptocurency and now I see no sense why he is against it. He should've support it instead.

Maybe these quotes are taken out of context? He could be answering some very direct questions, you know. Microsoft was even accepting BTC not long ago, what's with that swing?

I think bill gates might have a mixed opinion on what bitcoin is. bitcoin may be a valuable asset in the future because of his company and he does not rely much on the money he gets from it because he is already rich but he is concerned on the asset on the effect of bitcoin as an investment in his company and future economic changes.

It would be better if Bill Gates did his direct duties in Microsoft!

I think if you would look at the bigger picture. He is just speaking his mind depending on the current status of Bitcoin. However, one thing is clear here. He is updated with what's happening in the market and the movements that happen to it. Therefore, that attention may be said to be a good indication that he can actually effect something in the future that could lead to better days for this market.

Lol i don't understand? I think before he said good things about bitcoin? Or is it just my imagination?
Not gonna blame him though if he think that bitcoin is just an investment that gain profit after fooling people. Well, he's rich. Surely he won't need investment like bitcoin in his life.
But it makes me wonder. When someone give him bitcoin as birthday gift, why didn't he sell it right away? Since he knew it's worthless and bad and such? Why need to wait for years later to sell? Could it be he's waiting for the price to increase then sell it? lol. He said bitcoin is not an asset, but he kept his birthday coin for years before sell it. Well i can't judge, and i won't. It's free for people to express their opinions, but it won't change my way to see bitcoin and cryptocurrency.

Everyone has their own opinions I on certain matters the only difference is that influential people tend to be heard more often than not and some of them use their inflences in a worrying mannar, you don't have to take Bills word, especially when had had earlier shown some support, research instead and decide on what's best

I never understood how he understands blockchain, I admit that he is a very rich man, has a big company (microsoft), and successful.

and I also never know what the reason he made a bad statement about bitcoin.

but I am a new member who has known bitcoin for 2 years, but within 2 years, I always read and continue to analyze about bitcoin growth.

so, I think if the world of crypto or bitcoin is a system with a ponzi model, a scam, or about price manipulation. then bitcoin will die quickly. bitcoin will not gain the trust of many investors.

Bill Gates needs to put his money where his mouth is.

When people like him, saying that this thing has a certain impact but still we often give for things like that too much attention. For me, no positive comments made by prominent people can be a form of promotion for bitcoin in the future. 8)

Rich powerful people only want to keep things the same, because what else is he going to do with all his billions in fiat currency is we all go digital. Self preservation is the reason they come up with all these negative news

Every person has his own point of view and this is gate's view regarding bitcoin.More than this,we should not give any importance to this subject.

When Bill Gates sees an opportunity, we can imitate it.

But if Bill Gates said it is an easy way to earn money, I do not think it's that easy.

The truth is that the control of money is gradually leaving the hands of the millionaires and Govt assistance, industrial like banks, and insurance company. So they fear for crypto being what will finally break the camels back for freedom

Bill Gates: Bitcoins and ICOs are crazy, unpredictable, and speculative.
    Bitcoin and other purely electronic money are just "more stupid" about investing, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said on Monday on CNBC's "Squawk Box". "I agree that I would eliminate it if there was an easy way to do it," he said.
   Gates added that someone had given him a bitcoin to celebrate his birthday, but he sold them a few years later.
   Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said on Monday he would bet against bitcoin if possible.
  The price of a bitcoin quickly increased $ 2,000 last year to above $ 19,000 in mid-December. The digital currency has since lost more than half of its value and traded at about $ 9,300 on Monday morning. About $ 9.8 billion has been raised through the sale of new coin, or ICO, since 2016, according to Autonomous Next Financial Research.
  "Bitcoin and the ICO, I fully believe [they are one of the] crazy, unpredictable, and speculative things," Gates said. He adds that someone once gave him a few happy birthday bitscoin, but he sold them a few years later.
  Like many analysts and critics of the rise in the price of electronic money, Gates has said that the basic blockchain technology still has its value.
  Blockchain eliminates the need for a third party intermediary, such as a bank, by quickly creating a secure and permanent record of a transaction between two parties. Bitcoin is the first application of blockchain technology, and companies are seeking to apply blockchain to supply chain management, business and other areas.

With Bill Gates giving a pure confidence in the need of blockchain and highlighting the lure of companies to utilize it as the core technology in developing businesses. I have nothing but gratitude. Maybe hes one of the whales in the oceans of trust able digital assets. Nobody knows  8).

Bill Gates is the richest man in the world. That does not mean that Bill Gates is right. He is old, and he does not want to accept new foundations in the future. Maybe he thinks Bitcoin is not valuable currency, but many people in the world think Bitcoin is the most valuable currency.

Who the f*cks caring about what this damn propagandist says?this shit has no truthful stands either against or favor about bitcoin.i remember those past interviews from this man supporting bitcoin and blockchain and now here again speaking to be opposition so who the hell will believe this?

Bill Gates against Bitcoin means that Bill Gates is against us all. He is so old-fashioned to have negative thoughts about Bitcoin. Everybody has a different opinion about Bitcoin. Bill Gates, it is impossible against Bitcoin. Because even the government can not against Bitcoin

If my opinion Bitcoin is money, because he also has a limited supply we invest in it. Nowadays we can not do anything useful, even though he can never, deceptively general.

that was so funny All the world is growing and they know that the future of bitcoin will grow. Perhaps they need to rethink because the bitcoin future will dominate the world

in my opinion it does not really matter with bitcoin, bitcoin should have good support, maybe it could be bill gates just one of the people who ever made loss by bitcoin.

At the moment the market is really in a sad position.... It's sad to realize, but it's a fact. Of course, I would like the market to revive and prove that all skeptics were wrong.

the rest of pure speculation. At the end of the day everything is an asset.

I'm wondering what kind of anti-Bitcoin you would like to have when your political influence is not as big as the Whitehouse, and if you're going to use your economic hefty to beat Bitcoin, that's unbelievable. In general, Bitcoin will be affected but not collapse because of any individual

Bitcoin is going to bring down Bill Gates!  hahahahah. I'll bet he is scared about that so he decided to spend some time spreading FUD.

I'm just guessing that behind all this he talks like that in the pay of the Whale.
When Bitcoin drops because of his speech, the Whale is in action to buy it. So this is an old trick to create panic and gain profit in narrow.

And hopefully my guess is wrong, because it is very in love once a great person like him say such words.

this year gates already said around 5 times and shorted bitcoin, easy money for him, or who asked him to talk about bitcoin.

I really don't think Bitcoin is against the technology.  Although controversial for stealing ideas Microsoft has always been an innovator in their field.  I guess Gates is just trying to back up the agenda of his buddy Warren Buffet considering the large donation left to the Gates Foundation.

He is the most ordinary person the same as we are with money only)))
By itself, he is intelligent and knows what he says, but there are negative moments in bitcoin, what for him people are capable of robbing and killing, selling weapons and drugs, but the same thing is done for money. Bitcoin is just a technology, it is not to blame for anything. It simply makes its contribution to history as a new tool of a person and gaining knowledge, but the way a person uses it is already a problem of people, not of this technology.

With that statement of Mr. Bill Gates he just shown how insecure he was with Bitcoin and other crypto currency because he himself cannot even control it. And as far as we know he did invest as well in Bitcoin come on whats the reason of your negativity towards crypto currency?

Bill gates is always against bitcoin because he support share and  stock market and he think if bitcoin attract investors so no one will buy his shares and he can't manipulate his profit so these kind of rich persons is against but in my opinion bitcoin is a best currency and this can change our future and economical condition.

whatever the man thinks, I do not know, what is possible with him giving negative words to bitcoin. bitcoin will fall and when bitcoin falls he buys it and the boom he sells when bitcoin rises sharply, it's like korean drama

On the subject of being used as payment for drugs, I think almost anything can be used as payment of drugs. Heck even pets can be used as payment but it doesn't mean that they are evil. If that's the case then almost everything is evil.

It is completely natural that bill gates' bitcoin denying. Because, he is a money god in currency world but not in cryptocurrency world. This situation makes bill gates be scared of cryptocurrencies.

It is interesting to listen to the opinion of the famous genius about cryptocurrency and bitcoin. However, I do not understand why he believes that bitcoin is only speculation? I of course understand and know that bitcoin is very dependent on the news, but I do not think that it will be a failure for bitcoin. There are a lot of questions to which I have no answers.

Bill Gates, Buffett, etc., if they want to save their wealth in this round of wealth redistribution, they have to buy bitcoin, but in their view, investing in BTC and cryptocurrency does not meet their value perspective. So they can only oppose cryptocurrencies to influence the price of BTC!

Bill Gates is a very popular and powerful man so his insights against bitcoin can create a major problem. We all know that Bill Gates is an influencer so if he is against bitcoin then it can make a serious trouble. Once he said that he is not approved of bitcoin then he can influence others not to like it since they are following him.

They are silent investors in bitcoin don't be fooled

Bill Gates was a conservative when he thought Bitcoin was dangerous to the human world. It is not surprising that Bill Gates opposed Bitcoin. In the world, there are many billionaires who have countered Bitcoin, but now they are investing in it  ;D

Bitcoin is just another technology, it is not to blame for anything. It is interesting to hear the genius of electronic money and bitcoin. Of course I understand and know that bitcoin is very dependent on news, but I do not think it will be a failure for bitcoin.

Bill Gates criticism and other billionaires criticism are almost the same. They all think that Bitcoin users are all crazy.

Bill Gates is the richest person in this world. Apparently, he has also the power to control the mind of his supporters. His opinion is changing time by time and I think it is not reliable information since his ideology crosses each time he want to speak about bitcoin. I believe that what he says is just a FUD news for the people to confuse about what is BTC.

BG has been pretty inconsistent about his thoughts on bitcoin, so I don't understand whether it is so important to discuss an opinion of a person who doesn't seem to have a clue about it.
What IS important is that his sayings might potentially affect the price of btc. ;)

My opinion Bill Gates not the only economist in the world and his success and computer technologies doesn't mean that he knows better than everybody in cryptocurrency, so we also are having our guys, who would tell the positive things.

Meanwhile from a video posted on YouTube, he said  "nobody can stop Bitcoin" or something llike that. Here is the video:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XG9qnSYyXDk

It either the video was faked, the article is a lie, Billgate said either of the two or he said both.

He made a similar remark about Opensourced software like Linux many years ago.

Well, the most important thing is to get both archived for posterity sake.

I don't understand why Bill Gates does it! It seems to me this is the lever of business) Then he will buy up assets at the lowest price and will be even richer)

I think he really patronize bitcoin it is just his way to manipulate the market? As he was saying that cryptocurrency is the most speculative market in the world that is why even him is doubtful what will happen to the future of crypto.

This guy often changes his mind, All business people change their minds depending on the conjuncture, as well as politics. With all due respect to this man, I can say one thing - he expected that after his words the market would collapse and he would buy Bitcoin at a lower price. As they say, his stupid words are the same stupid answer. Trying to manipulate the market.