Finextra interview with IBM architect about Bitcoin

[molecular]

The question is whether IBM is throwing its lot with Bitcoin, or if they are fishing for a federal contract to build a US Government-controlled Bitcoin competitor.

is "building tools for financial institutions, corporations and law enforcement" too naive an assumption?

a "government-controlled Bitcoin competitor" sounds like an oxymoron to me.

[justusranvier]

a "government-controlled Bitcoin competitor" sounds like an oxymoron to me.

So is a government-controlled health insurance exchange site.

Didn't stop them from trying though.

[blockgenesis]

Thank you so much for this fantastic interview. That is probably one of the most intelligent one I've seen in the last year.

You're really doing a demonstration that the potential of Bitcoin goes much further than what is being discussed right now. I hope that this will help journalists to speak of Bitcoin in a "less superficial" way and start thinking about what is being made possible with that technology.

[Kazimir]

Good job Richard. Great interview. I do agree with some of the constructive criticism above (mainly on the traceability of each bitcoin, and about the SR matter). But it's great you emphasized on the bigger, long term picture and highlighted the innovative and revolutionary aspects of Bitcoin. Rather than going about the volatility (or the currency rate at all), recent exchange & online wallet hacks that have been in the news, and other rather uninteresting stuff that many others seem to dwell on so often.

Kudos, sir!