Voluntaryism is the idea that all human interactions should be free of coercion, based on individual self-ownership. This is in contrast to socialism, which is based on coercion justified by collective ownership. Roger Ver Read Quote
Silicon Valley is a great place for Bitcoin, since everyone understands computers, and there are lots of libertarians running around. Roger Ver Read Quote
Bitcoin is coming from a bunch of young computer nerds who saw this thing and thought it was neat. A lot of the early bitcoiners are 19-year-old kids, still living at home with their parents, and they don’t have any business experience. Roger Ver Read Quote
The most objective measurement we have is that the market actually valued the two split Ethereums more than it valued the one original Ethereum; the market viewed it as a good thing, and I don’t see it as any sort of disaster whatsoever. Roger Ver Read Quote
If bitcoin is more expensive or slower than traditional financial systems, people aren’t going to use it. Roger Ver Read Quote