I think the whole narrative of blockchain without bitcoin will amount to very little. — Fred Ehrsam Copy Share Image
While it may seem scarier in the earlier days, I think ultimately the blockchain creates a safer world. — Fred Ehrsam Copy Share Image
The ability to easily buy and sell Bitcoin has been a really key factor in accelerating Bitcoin adoption. — Fred Ehrsam Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, what's going to make bitcoin successful is more people making more interesting things, just like the… — Fred Ehrsam Copy Share Image
Private funding was one of the first methods used when MIT funded Bitcoin core developers Gavin Andresen, Wladimir van der Laan, and… — Fred Ehrsam Copy Share Image
Ethereum has taken what was a four-function calculator of a programming language in Bitcoin and turned it into a full-fledged computer. — Fred Ehrsam Copy Share Image
Bitcoin is inherently international, and one of its great promises is it enables cross-border payments in a more efficient way. — Fred Ehrsam Copy Share Image
Bitcoin's value is the same: It will remain as long as it is the most efficient mechanism for transferring ownership. — Fred Ehrsam Copy Share Image
The scripting language in Bitcoin is important because it is what makes Bitcoin 'programmable money'. Within each Bitcoin transaction is the ability… — Fred Ehrsam Copy Share Image
There is nothing that Bitcoin can do which Ethereum can't. While Ethereum is less battle-tested, it is moving faster, has better leadership,… — Fred Ehrsam Copy Share Image
The Internet will continue to be valuable so long as it is the most efficient mechanism for transferring data. Bitcoin's value is… — Fred Ehrsam Copy Share Image
Make no mistake - Ethereum would never have existed without Bitcoin as a forerunner. That said, I think Ethereum is ahead of… — Fred Ehrsam Copy Share Image
Sales conducted on-chain through smart contracts couldn't really be done before Ethereum, which is why they are a newer concept. I think… — Fred Ehrsam Copy Share Image
Bitcoin has a core technological innovation: The ability to publicly verify ownership, instantly transfer that ownership, and do so without the need… — Fred Ehrsam Copy Share Image
We are on our way to blockchains as the fabric of society - the system for what we own (assets), who we… — Fred Ehrsam Copy Share Image
I'd guess blockchains will be the full-blown backbone of virtual worlds - the system for currency, assets, identity, even governance - before… — Fred Ehrsam Copy Share Image
Just as the Internet brought the cost of disseminating information down by an order of magnitude, bitcoin brings the cost of transferring… — Fred Ehrsam Copy Share Image
Blockchains are digital organisms. As organisms evolve through changes in their DNA, blockchain protocols evolve through changes in their code. And like… — Fred Ehrsam Copy Share Image
Ethereum may make monetary policy decisions like, 'Let's do 1% inflation to support the ongoing development of the Ethereum protocol.' A token… — Fred Ehrsam Copy Share Image
When you drill down, blockchains are really a shared version of reality everyone agrees on. So whether it's a fully immersive VR… — Fred Ehrsam Copy Share Image
When the Bitcoin white paper emerged in 2008, it was completely revolutionary. The amount of concepts that had to come together in… — Fred Ehrsam Copy Share Image
When the actual Bitcoin network launched in 2009, no one knew about it, and many of those who did thought it would… — Fred Ehrsam Copy Share Image
Bitcoin is valuable as a currency because of the economic efficiencies the bitcoin network is already creating as transactions flow over it.… — Fred Ehrsam Copy Share Image
Sales conducted on-chain through smart contracts couldn't really be done before Ethereum, which is why they are a newer concept. I think this style… — Fred Ehrsam Copy Share Image
OpenAI is doing important work by releasing tools which promote AI to be developed in the open. Compute power is largely produced by NVIDIA… — Fred Ehrsam Copy Share Image
I'd guess blockchains will be the full-blown backbone of virtual worlds - the system for currency, assets, identity, even governance - before doing the… — Fred Ehrsam Copy Share Image
Make no mistake - Ethereum would never have existed without Bitcoin as a forerunner. That said, I think Ethereum is ahead of Bitcoin in… — Fred Ehrsam Copy Share Image
Bitcoin has a core technological innovation: The ability to publicly verify ownership, instantly transfer that ownership, and do so without the need for a… — Fred Ehrsam Copy Share Image
When you drill down, blockchains are really a shared version of reality everyone agrees on. So whether it's a fully immersive VR experience, augmented… — Fred Ehrsam Copy Share Image
Just like mutations to DNA in biological organisms allow for evolution through natural selection, forking lets us run multiple experiments in parallel where the… — Fred Ehrsam Copy Share Image
The fundamentals of the token model are valuable and powerful. They allow communities to govern themselves, their economics, and rally a community in powerful… — Fred Ehrsam Copy Share Image
Redistributing tokens is a balancing act. In most cases, forks probably want to keep ownership for users constant so users have at least the… — Fred Ehrsam Copy Share Image
Bitcoin is inherently international, and one of its great promises is it enables cross-border payments in a more efficient way. — Fred Ehrsam Copy Share Image
