Brian Armstrong Quotes

I don't think Bitcoin cares what the Chinese or American politicians do.

Virtual currency, where it's called a bitcoin vs. a U.S. dollar, that's going to be stopped. No government will ever support a virtual currency that goes around borders and doesn't have the same controls. It's not going to happen.

Though I don't personally believe that Bitcoin is true money, it should be perfectly legal, and there should be no restrictions on it; there should be no taxes on it.

Bitcoin is mostly about anonymous transactions, and I don't think over time that's a good way to go. I'm a huge believe in digital currency... but doing it on an anonymous basis I think that leads to some abuses, so I'm not involved in Bitcoin.

I think examples of free market transactions between peaceful people using Bitcoin and the Internet, I think it's a wonderful thing. It's going to make the world a better place.

I'm a big fan of Bitcoin ... Regulation of money supply needs to be depoliticized.

Bitcoin woke us all up to a new way to pay, and culturally, I think a much larger percentage of us have become accustomed to the idea that money no longer comes with the friction it once had.

In April 2013, Nathaniel Popper of 'The New York Times' reported on Bitcoin in an article titled, 'Digital Money is Gaining Champions in the Real World'.

China may censor YouTube. China may censor Twitter. They won't be able to censor Bitcoin. There's no central authority. There's no one you can go to and say, 'We're going to turn Bitcoin off.'

Bitcoin represents the first major breakthrough in economics and finance since double-entry bookkeeping was invented in 1494, and activists need to embrace its power.

One of the things that has plagued bitcoin is not bitcoin itself but the companies built on top of it.

I think Bitcoin really feels empowering in a sense.

Bitcoin and digital currency is just this thing that was always going to happen.

I believe Bitcoin is a very convenient way to shop and to transfer money to any account around the world. Governments should work around a framework for the currency instead of putting restrictions on it.

We believe that Ripple will change the way the world thinks about and uses currency through universal access to a trusted, transparent, and easy-to-understand multi-currency financial tool.

Bitcoins - it's freedom. It's very American.

Bitcoin is very ideologically fulfilling, it's my form of political activism, but it's also a huge business opportunity.

Like the Internet, Bitcoin will change the way people interact and do business around the world.

Bitcoin as an asset class is brilliant, as a means of payment, fantastic.

PayPal came within an inch of being shut down by regulators when they started. The feds seizing the Dwolla account and stealing the money that is owned by Mt. Gox customers is more proof that Bitcoin is the superior payment system.

Through bitcoin, the Argentines are developing an economy which doesn't require the bankers.

Bitcoin is inherently international, and one of its great promises is it enables cross-border payments in a more efficient way.

The regulation picture has gotten a lot clearer in the U.S. and most of Europe. And that's fantastic. I think that's why you're seeing companies like Microsoft and Dell accepting Bitcoins.

To shut down Bitcoin is to shut down the Internet.

So bitcoin is cyber snob currency.