“With e-currency based on cryptographic proof, without the need to trust a third party middleman, money can be secure and transactions effortless.”
-Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin developer
“Mining gives a very different kind of mental image of what we do. We are not mining, we are processing transactions and adding blocks to the blockchain.”
-Dr.Naveed Sherwani, CEO of PeerNova
“I do think Bitcoin is the first [encrypted money] that has the potential to do something like change the world.”
-Peter Thiel, Co-Founder of Paypal
“Bitcoin is a remarkable cryptographic achievement and the ability to create something that is not duplicable in the digital world has enormous value”
-Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google
“We have elected to put our money and faith in a mathematical framework that is free of politics and human error.”
-Tyler Winklevoss, Entrepreneur
“I’m a big fan of Bitcoin … Regulation of money supply needs to be depoliticized.”
-Al Gore, former US Vice President, winner of Nobel Peace Prize
“[Virtual Currencies] may hold long-term promise, particularly if the innovations promote a faster, more secure and more efficient payment system.”
-Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Federal Reserve USA
“Bitcoin may be the TCP/IP of money.”
-Paul Buchheit, Creator of Gmail
"Personal computers in 1975, the Internet in 1993, and – I believe – Bitcoin in 2014."
-Marc Andreessen, Founder of Netscape, Venture capitalist