[2015-06-11] CD: Wences Casares: The Bitcoin-Obsessed Serial Entrepreneur

[Grand_Voyageur]

Wences Casares: The Bitcoin-Obsessed Serial Entrepreneur

Wences Casares, founder of bitcoin security company Xapo and serial entrepreneur is "obsessed" with bitcoin.

"I truly believe that it may change the world more than the Internet did. I truly believe that [because of the] 4 billion people who live on cash today. It is the biggest step forward in the democratisation of money we've ever seen," he told CoinDesk.

Widely referred to as the digital currency's "patient zero" – a term coined by LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman – the entrepreneur is credited with spreading the word about the digital currency throughout Silicon Valley and reticent financiers on Wall Street. A mission which, he said, has drawn laughter from skeptics. "Bitcoin sounds a little like science fiction at first."

Full story: http://www.coindesk.com/wences-casares-the-bitcoin-obsessed-serial-entrepreneur/

[Gervais]

"I truly believe that it may change the world more than the Internet did. I truly believe that [because of the] 4 billion people who live on cash today. It is the biggest step forward in the democratisation of money we've ever seen," he told CoinDesk.

I think bitcoin is comparable to the birth and probable adoption of the internet, but I don't think bitcoin will change the world more than the net did. After all, you still need the net to run bitcoin but the major issue is there are still going to be many poorer places around the world that use cash but don't have access to the internet so it's going to be difficult to get adoption there.

[LiteCoinGuy]

that is a true believer.


@Gervais

what is more important in the world: information or money?