Reid Hoffman

In PayPal, in LinkedIn. The way that I keep score is the impact I have on people's lives.

I look at it occasionally.

I look at it occasionally.

I look at it occasionally.

2014 is, I think, when I bought Bitcoin.

2014 is, I think, when I bought Bitcoin.

2014 is, I think, when I bought Bitcoin.

$200, I think.

$200, I think.

$200, I think.

Just under $100,000. Wow. So, again, it's what the future could be. There's a bunch of stuff that's broken about crypto that needs to be fixed. Use for criminal organizations. Use for terrorism. I think all the solutions for it nullifies all the benefits. Well, today, I think a reasonable person can argue that. Take a snapshot of where the puck is today versus where the puck could be.

Just under $100,000. Wow. So, again, it's what the future could be. There's a bunch of stuff that's broken about crypto that needs to be fixed. Use for criminal organizations. Use for terrorism. I think all the solutions for it nullifies all the benefits. Well, today, I think a reasonable person can argue that. Take a snapshot of where the puck is today versus where the puck could be.

Just under $100,000. Wow. So, again, it's what the future could be. There's a bunch of stuff that's broken about crypto that needs to be fixed. Use for criminal organizations. Use for terrorism. I think all the solutions for it nullifies all the benefits. Well, today, I think a reasonable person can argue that. Take a snapshot of where the puck is today versus where the puck could be.

You'd go, okay. But actually, I believe in where the puck could be. So let me make a couple of the arguments. Yeah, please. Not just the obvious ones of like, oh, look, you create a financial system that is programmable. You have a whole bunch of entrepreneurial innovation on it for payments and for assets. Here's one thing that Bitcoin does an excellent job of today.

You'd go, okay. But actually, I believe in where the puck could be. So let me make a couple of the arguments. Yeah, please. Not just the obvious ones of like, oh, look, you create a financial system that is programmable. You have a whole bunch of entrepreneurial innovation on it for payments and for assets. Here's one thing that Bitcoin does an excellent job of today.

You'd go, okay. But actually, I believe in where the puck could be. So let me make a couple of the arguments. Yeah, please. Not just the obvious ones of like, oh, look, you create a financial system that is programmable. You have a whole bunch of entrepreneurial innovation on it for payments and for assets. Here's one thing that Bitcoin does an excellent job of today.

There's 200 governments in the world. You could argue zero of the governments are well-run, but maybe 50 of those governments are well-run. What happens to all those Venezuelan citizens and other people where the governments are totally fucking shitty run?

There's 200 governments in the world. You could argue zero of the governments are well-run, but maybe 50 of those governments are well-run. What happens to all those Venezuelan citizens and other people where the governments are totally fucking shitty run?

There's 200 governments in the world. You could argue zero of the governments are well-run, but maybe 50 of those governments are well-run. What happens to all those Venezuelan citizens and other people where the governments are totally fucking shitty run?

Devalue, steal, et cetera, et cetera. This creates the world safety net. You live in a bad fucking government. Now there's something you can do. How does that differ from just buying U.S. dollars? Many of these places, you can't buy U.S. dollars. U.S. dollars are not available.