- [Reporter] No fees, no inflation. These are
the potential perks of this thing called Bitcoin. But is Bitcoin really the money of the future?
- [Woman] Bitcoin. - [Man] Bitcoin.
- [Reporter] All the rage, but what the hell is it?
- [Bill Gates] Bitcoin is, is better than currency.
- [Sir Richard Branson] It's a big industry around Bitcoin.
And, you know, people have made fortunes in that Bitcoin.
- [Eric Schmidt] Technical answer to Bitcoin is that Bitcoin
is a remarkable cryptographic achievement.
- [Chamath Palihapitiya] It is a huge deal.
It's a huge, huge, huge deal.
- [Sir Richard Branson] If people have got lots of Bitcoins and they want to go to space,
and I'd much rather they spend that money on our spaceship...
- [Chamath Palihapitiya] I mean, I personally, I own Bitcoin in my hedge fund;
I own Bitcoin in my fund;
I own Bitcoin in my private account...