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> [We know that flat and non-hierarchical systems use information best. I've tried to do that with my own company because it works better that way. And society at large will work better as well if we can get rid of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-m-byrne/we-know-that-flat-and-non-hierarchical-systems-use-information-best-i/)

[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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