Michael Saylor

It is not fair that Benchella asked him the question and I felt a little bit surprised.

Is that inappropriate to ask the question in the world? Why did you get a little bit uncomfortable?

Is that inappropriate to ask the question in the world? Why did you get a little bit uncomfortable?

I think it's inappropriate.

I think it's inappropriate.

Why do you think that is?

Why do you think that is?

I think it's inappropriate. It's inappropriate for a big... You know, it's like just inappropriate. Satoshi came onto the scene in 2008, Halloween, with the white paper. Asking anybody about their relationship with Satoshi before that date is an unfair, inappropriate question. It's almost as if it's... It was awkward, but that's all I have to say. I'm a big fan of Scotty. He's greatest ever.

I think it's inappropriate. It's inappropriate for a big... You know, it's like just inappropriate. Satoshi came onto the scene in 2008, Halloween, with the white paper. Asking anybody about their relationship with Satoshi before that date is an unfair, inappropriate question. It's almost as if it's... It was awkward, but that's all I have to say. I'm a big fan of Scotty. He's greatest ever.

I'm a big fan of Satoshi. I would rather not be in an awkward situation.

I'm a big fan of Satoshi. I would rather not be in an awkward situation.

I'll say it and you don't have to say anything. I get the feeling like, is there an element of looking at Satoshi as God, as Jesus, in that space? Like, do some people look at him that way? Where it's not just this mysterious, anonymous inventor of Bitcoin? Or is it like... you know, almost like worshipped type of a character.

I'll say it and you don't have to say anything. I get the feeling like, is there an element of looking at Satoshi as God, as Jesus, in that space? Like, do some people look at him that way? Where it's not just this mysterious, anonymous inventor of Bitcoin? Or is it like... you know, almost like worshipped type of a character.

Satoshi is a spiritual figure in the Bitcoin community. I mean, Satoshi is equivalent to Prometheus. Prometheus gave us fire. Satoshi gave us money. Bitcoin is the first perfect money, the first perfect money in the history of the human race. I spend my copious free time reading economic history and I've read thousands of years of economic history and tens of thousands of pages.

Satoshi is a spiritual figure in the Bitcoin community. I mean, Satoshi is equivalent to Prometheus. Prometheus gave us fire. Satoshi gave us money. Bitcoin is the first perfect money, the first perfect money in the history of the human race. I spend my copious free time reading economic history and I've read thousands of years of economic history and tens of thousands of pages.

And it's one chaotic, you know, period. train wreck of we used seashells, we used bales of tobacco, we used silver and gold, and we clipped the coins, and we had bimetallism, and it crashed, and we had fiat currency, and we had a debt crisis. And no one ever had a money that was not defective.

And it's one chaotic, you know, period. train wreck of we used seashells, we used bales of tobacco, we used silver and gold, and we clipped the coins, and we had bimetallism, and it crashed, and we had fiat currency, and we had a debt crisis. And no one ever had a money that was not defective.

I mean, I can show you examples of monetary crashes every 30 years for the past 3,000 years in every single culture. And Satoshi comes along for the first time and says, oh, yeah, here's money. It's not broken. And it's so profound. It's like you look at this water, you know, you sit down at a table and the poor person thinks, oh, I got to drink water.

I mean, I can show you examples of monetary crashes every 30 years for the past 3,000 years in every single culture. And Satoshi comes along for the first time and says, oh, yeah, here's money. It's not broken. And it's so profound. It's like you look at this water, you know, you sit down at a table and the poor person thinks, oh, I got to drink water.

And the rich person wants to drink a thousand dollar bottle of champagne or wine or something. But for a hundred thousand years, humans didn't have clean water. If you read the history of civilization, people are dying in their 30s and 40s and 20s because the water's dirty, because they're getting infected. If you were Henry VIII, you didn't have clean water.