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0/ When explaining the significance of bitcoin to precoiners, I& #39;ve found it helpful to use the views of people they already trust and respect.
So here& #39;s a compilation of some of the brightest minds in tech, networks and investing on bitcoin.
feat. Jack, Woz and Naval
So here& #39;s a compilation of some of the brightest minds in tech, networks and investing on bitcoin.
feat. Jack, Woz and Naval
1/ perhaps best positioned to fully understand the evolution of digitally transacting value is @jack. The dual CEO of two multi-billon dollar companies with 100m+ combined users, Dorsey once stated he was personally acquiring $10k of btc per week.
2/ with a net worth in the region of $1.9bn, the co-founder of LinkedIn, member of the PayPal mafia and now partner at @GreylockVC has acknowledged he owns bitcoin. More recently, he was behind the Satoshi vs. Hamilton rap battle video- https://bit.ly/2RLZfgH ">https://bit.ly/2RLZfgH&q...
3/ The Angel Philosopher (a.k.a @naval ) has been offering some of the most insightful commentary on bitcoin since 2013. As an early investor in Uber, twitter and producthunt, Ravikant has exposure to bitcoin through Metastable Capital.
4/ the co-founder of Netscape and @a16z , Andreessen serves on the board of Facebook, eBay and Oculus VR. In 2014 he penned the now famous NYT op-ed & #39;Why Bitcoin Matters& #39; referring to bitcoin as a & #39;breakthrough in computer science.& #39;
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5/ Co-founding PayPal & #39;88, parallels are often drawn between its original vision & btc. The WSJ reported in 2018 that Thiel& #39;s Founders Fund acquired $15-20m of bitcoin in mid-2017. He& #39;s also an investor in Layer1 which is focused on mining bitcoin w renewable energy in the US.
6/ with ~$2.5trn in customer assets under management, Johnson has been opening up the legacy giant to playing in the digit assets sphere, making venture investments in bitcoin-related businesses and mining it internally for educational purposes.
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7/ Statistician, former options trader, essayist and author. Taleb& #39;s books are recommended by some of the greatest rationalists of our era. His essay on bitcoin, which features as the forward to @saifedean & #39;s The Bitcoin Standard, is here- https://bit.ly/2PHVlCz ">https://bit.ly/2PHVlCz&q...
8/ Woz stated that he first purchased some bitcoin at $700, though for never specifically as an investment. He still regularly experiments with bitcoin and related hardware.
9/ former Facebook exec turned VC, Palihapitiya co-founded Social Capital in 2011. His fund has since exited Slack, Box and SurveyMonkey. In 2013, in conjunction with two partners, he claimed to have held 5% of all bitcoin in circulation.
10/ Legendary portfolio manager Bill Miller ( @B3_MillerValue ) is perhaps best known for beating the S&P every year between 1991-2005. Calling himself a & #39;bitcoin observer& #39;, Miller& #39;s firm holds bitcoin, viewing the asset as a binary option.
11/ This list only seems to be getting longer..
Paul Tudor Jones manages $7bn+ in assets as the CEO of Tudor Investment Corp, founded in 1980.
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Paul Tudor Jones manages $7bn+ in assets as the CEO of Tudor Investment Corp, founded in 1980.
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12/ Having spent 10 years as CEO of Google, and six years as Exec. Chairman (Google/Alphabet), Eric Schmidt is a fair judge of what constitutes & #39;remarkable& #39;.
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13/ Formerly of AT&T, Priceline and Virgin Mobile (USA), Dan Schulman has a deep understanding of markets and communications networks.
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14/ Considered the greatest chess player of all time, Garry Kasparov sees Bitcoin and as & #39;inevitable& #39;.
& #39;I think it’s a natural response of technology to help the public regain the control that has been gradually lost to outside institutions.& #39;
& #39;I think it’s a natural response of technology to help the public regain the control that has been gradually lost to outside institutions.& #39;
15/ Co-founding MicroStrategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) in 1989, @michael_saylor is leading the charge for adopting #Bitcoin https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt=""> as the primary treasury reserve asset over USD.
“There’s 3,500 publicly traded companies with $5tr in their treasuries and it’s all melting.
“There’s 3,500 publicly traded companies with $5tr in their treasuries and it’s all melting.
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