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> [There are dodgy characters in Bitcoin. But there are dodgy characters in cash, too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-m-byrne/there-are-dodgy-characters-in-bitcoin-but-there-are-dodgy-characters/)

[Patrick M. Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-m-byrne/)

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## More by Patrick M. Byrne

> [I'm not in the business of bayoneting the wounded. I feel the blockchain revolution is kind of my victory. I don't care whether I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-m-byrne/i-m-not-in-the-business-of-bayoneting-the-wounded-i-feel-the/)

[Patrick M. Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-m-byrne/)

> [This is where the block chain is most useful and revolutionary: It helps us to overcome the problem of mutual trust in exchange, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-m-byrne/this-is-where-the-block-chain-is-most-useful-and-revolutionary-it/)

[Patrick M. Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-m-byrne/)

> [There are dodgy characters in Bitcoin. But there are dodgy characters in cash, too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-m-byrne/there-are-dodgy-characters-in-bitcoin-but-there-are-dodgy-characters/)

[Patrick M. Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-m-byrne/)

> [People didn't know where they could trade. When everybody owes each other IOUs that can be in multiple places at once, that's how the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-m-byrne/people-didn-t-know-where-they-could-trade-when-everybody-owes-each/)

[Patrick M. Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-m-byrne/)

> [I've been all over meeting government ministers and such in Caribbean financial circles. There's a small blockchain movement in the Caribbean. They've been quite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-m-byrne/i-ve-been-all-over-meeting-government-ministers-and-such-in-caribbean/)

[Patrick M. Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-m-byrne/)

> [If we get to a world of digital securities, then there isn't a need for DTC and Cede & Co. anymore. It's a really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-m-byrne/if-we-get-to-a-world-of-digital-securities-then-there-isn-t-a-need/)

[Patrick M. Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-m-byrne/)

> [How high can bitcoin go? The real question is how low can the dollar go?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-m-byrne/how-high-can-bitcoin-go-the-real-question-is-how-low-can-the-dollar-go/)

[Patrick M. Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-m-byrne/)

> [For the first time in 6,000 years of human history, we can have peer-to-peer exchange where trust is not a problem anymore. And it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-m-byrne/for-the-first-time-in-6-000-years-of-human-history-we-can-have-peer/)

[Patrick M. Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-m-byrne/)

> [The main event isn't bitcoin. It's using the blockchain to disrupt other industries and Wall Street.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-m-byrne/the-main-event-isn-t-bitcoin-it-s-using-the-blockchain-to-disrupt/)

[Patrick M. Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-m-byrne/)

> [The virtues of the blockchain is that it would be that it's peer-to-peer settlement - no centralized settlement, no manipulation... And most importantly, there's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-m-byrne/the-virtues-of-the-blockchain-is-that-it-would-be-that-it-s-peer-to/)

[Patrick M. Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-m-byrne/)

> [We want enough people adopting Bitcoin for a robust infrastructure. It's an act of patriotism. It gives the country a robust parallel system.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-m-byrne/we-want-enough-people-adopting-bitcoin-for-a-robust-infrastructure-it/)

[Patrick M. Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-m-byrne/)

> [I've been in a room in Silicon Valley where on the wall they have 160 industries they think blockchain can disrupt. We picked six…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-m-byrne/i-ve-been-in-a-room-in-silicon-valley-where-on-the-wall-they-have-160/)

[Patrick M. Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-m-byrne/)

> [You're going to start seeing open-source, self-executing contracts gradually improve over time. What the Internet did to publishing, blockchain will do to about 160…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-m-byrne/you-re-going-to-start-seeing-open-source-self-executing-contracts/)

[Patrick M. Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-m-byrne/)

> [There are regulators at the SEC and elsewhere who are really excited about the potential of the blockchain. They understand you can build a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-m-byrne/there-are-regulators-at-the-sec-and-elsewhere-who-are-really-excited/)

[Patrick M. Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-m-byrne/)

> [There is an opportunity to recreate the financial world as we know it in the parallel universe that is the blockchain. We are writing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-m-byrne/there-is-an-opportunity-to-recreate-the-financial-world-as-we-know-it/)

[Patrick M. Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-m-byrne/)

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