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Title: VP of Amex asked about Bitcoin - "No comment, next question" Post by: evoorhees on April 23, 2012, 05:01:44 PM Just saw tweet forwarded from Charlie Shrem (BitInstant), he's at the Future of Money and Technology summit in SanFran today.
Apparently a few others thought it was pretty funny as well: http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/6295/amexbitcoin.jpg (http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/6295/amexbitcoin.jpg) Title: Re: VP of Amex asked about Bitcoin - "No comment, next question" Post by: Spekulatius on April 23, 2012, 05:34:39 PM looks like the "adults" dont take the kids serious yet.
Title: Re: VP of Amex asked about Bitcoin - "No comment, next question" Post by: DeathAndTaxes on April 23, 2012, 05:38:30 PM Well they can't ignore us anymore (on edit: no idea why I put "yet" here and worse it was quoted by multiple people).
Quote "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." Mahatma Gandhi (origin disputed)Title: Re: VP of Amex asked about Bitcoin - "No comment, next question" Post by: Stephen Gornick on April 23, 2012, 07:34:06 PM Well they can't ignore us yet. Quote "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." Mahatma Gandhi (origin disputed)Yup, exactly. Chaord attended last year's Future of Money conference. I think he participated ... like for a 60 second pitch or something?. His conclusion though was something to the effect of "Only a few there had heard of bitcoin. But nobody had a clue about it nor cared." Title: Re: VP of Amex asked about Bitcoin - "No comment, next question" Post by: evoorhees on April 23, 2012, 07:41:05 PM The tension will only become more palpable. One side is indeed using pretend, made-up money.
Title: Re: VP of Amex asked about Bitcoin - "No comment, next question" Post by: Coinabul on April 23, 2012, 07:46:08 PM Well they can't ignore us yet. Quote "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." Mahatma Gandhi (origin disputed)Yup, exactly. Chaord attended last year's Future of Money conference. I think he participated ... like for a 60 second pitch or something?. His conclusion though was something to the effect of "Only a few there had heard of bitcoin. But nobody had a clue about it nor cared." Title: Re: VP of Amex asked about Bitcoin - "No comment, next question" Post by: kangasbros on April 23, 2012, 08:04:48 PM Anyone at the conference? In twitter, someone said that there was lot of bitcoin-startup pitches. Anyone can give any details?
https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23futureofmoney http://bitcoincard.org/ (really cool, but seems like vapourware...) Title: Re: VP of Amex asked about Bitcoin - "No comment, next question" Post by: terrytibbs on April 23, 2012, 08:23:57 PM Well they can't ignore us yet. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=41996.0Quote "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." Mahatma Gandhi (origin disputed)Title: Re: VP of Amex asked about Bitcoin - "No comment, next question" Post by: Matthew N. Wright on April 23, 2012, 08:40:39 PM Aww. I wish I was at that conference. That'd be fun to troll. I'd ask them all if they've heard of MicroCash and tell them it's going to explode and take the world by storm! (sic) ::)
Title: Re: VP of Amex asked about Bitcoin - "No comment, next question" Post by: Matthew N. Wright on April 23, 2012, 08:47:22 PM Aww. I wish I was at that conference. That'd be fun to troll. I'd ask them all if they've heard of MicroCash and tell them it's going to explode and take the world by storm! (sic) ::) I am trolling in a way. They are all dressed professionally and I have on a Bitcoin t-shirt. LOL Tell Charlie and Tony I said Hi and to take a picture together for me for the site if they can. They aren't responding on Skype. Title: Re: VP of Amex asked about Bitcoin - "No comment, next question" Post by: hazek on April 23, 2012, 08:50:35 PM Aww. I wish I was at that conference. That'd be fun to troll. I'd ask them all if they've heard of MicroCash and tell them it's going to explode and take the world by storm! (sic) ::) I am trolling in a way. They are all dressed professionally and I have on a Bitcoin t-shirt. LOL LOL n1 :D Title: Re: VP of Amex asked about Bitcoin - "No comment, next question" Post by: Matthew N. Wright on April 23, 2012, 08:52:11 PM Aww. I wish I was at that conference. That'd be fun to troll. I'd ask them all if they've heard of MicroCash and tell them it's going to explode and take the world by storm! (sic) ::) I am trolling in a way. They are all dressed professionally and I have on a Bitcoin t-shirt. LOL Tell Charlie and Tony I said Hi and to take a picture together for me for the site if they can. They aren't responding on Skype. They are in a session and I'm leaving. There is no way I'm paying $600 to go in there. Gross. Nevermind. You can see them for free after. Title: Re: VP of Amex asked about Bitcoin - "No comment, next question" Post by: BitPay Business Solutions on April 23, 2012, 09:24:10 PM We will take a pic. I also gave a pitch on the merchant value of bitcoin, and got quite a few people approach me afterwards.
Title: Re: VP of Amex asked about Bitcoin - "No comment, next question" Post by: BitPay Business Solutions on April 23, 2012, 09:27:28 PM I am trolling in a way. They are all dressed professionally and I have on a Bitcoin t-shirt. LOL The t-shirt is how I found you! Title: Re: VP of Amex asked about Bitcoin - "No comment, next question" Post by: Jointops420 on April 23, 2012, 09:50:13 PM Are you two standing in front of each other and communicating through the forum?
j/k Title: Re: VP of Amex asked about Bitcoin - "No comment, next question" Post by: Gabi on April 24, 2012, 11:58:46 AM Interesting.
From the Gandhi quote i suppose we are in "they fight you" situation now, he didn't laugh at bitcoin saying "oh it is just a joke, it will soon disappear". No, he repelled the question at all. Title: Re: VP of Amex asked about Bitcoin - "No comment, next question" Post by: ribuck on April 24, 2012, 01:18:27 PM You guys seem to be assuming that this means Amex is afraid of Bitcoin.
Perhaps it actually means that Amex is working on a Bitcoin application that they don't wish to discuss yet. Title: Re: VP of Amex asked about Bitcoin - "No comment, next question" Post by: TheHarbinger on April 24, 2012, 01:57:27 PM Aww. I wish I was at that conference. That'd be fun to troll. I'd ask them all if they've heard of MicroCash and tell them it's going to explode and take the world by storm! (sic) ::) I am trolling in a way. They are all dressed professionally and I have on a Bitcoin t-shirt. LOL Tell Charlie and Tony I said Hi and to take a picture together for me for the site if they can. They aren't responding on Skype. They are in a session and I'm leaving. There is no way I'm paying $600 to go in there. Did you try to pay them in BTC? Title: Re: VP of Amex asked about Bitcoin - "No comment, next question" Post by: BitPay Business Solutions on April 24, 2012, 04:09:29 PM You guys seem to be assuming that this means Amex is afraid of Bitcoin. Perhaps it actually means that Amex is working on a Bitcoin application that they don't wish to discuss yet. This was exactly my impression based on his body language and when I talked to him afterwards. Title: Re: VP of Amex asked about Bitcoin - "No comment, next question" Post by: evoorhees on April 24, 2012, 05:15:50 PM You guys seem to be assuming that this means Amex is afraid of Bitcoin. Perhaps it actually means that Amex is working on a Bitcoin application that they don't wish to discuss yet. The way I perceive it is more that Bitcoin elicits many weird/awkward questions about not only technology but money and even political and economic theory. It's a deep and tricky subject, and a smart and well-groomed VP might do well to avoid such topics. I don't think AMEX is afraid of Bitcoin, but it probably makes them uncomfortable, just because it's so damn weird. Title: Re: VP of Amex asked about Bitcoin - "No comment, next question" Post by: Gabi on April 24, 2012, 06:18:52 PM It's weird and despite that it is still alive, that they don't understand :D
Title: Re: VP of Amex asked about Bitcoin - "No comment, next question" Post by: cypherdoc on April 24, 2012, 06:35:00 PM Well they can't ignore us yet. Quote "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." Mahatma Gandhi (origin disputed)Yup, exactly. Chaord attended last year's Future of Money conference. I think he participated ... like for a 60 second pitch or something?. His conclusion though was something to the effect of "Only a few there had heard of bitcoin. But nobody had a clue about it nor cared." whatever happened to Chaord? |