Quote from: Lucius on November 21, 2019, 11:09:53 AM

Quote from: ReliabilityAlert222 on November 20, 2019, 08:31:52 PM

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This is some 3-month-old news, and people are still surprised what some Brian writes on his twitter about Bitcoin. His opinion is not important at all, nor is it something he invented in his head, different people have been saying this for years, but they are a lot smarter than Brian. If you're wondering why, well Brian tells you this in 2019 when the price of Bitcoin is $8000, others tell the same thing when price of Bitcoin was only several hundred dollars.

It is never too late to go on the mission "I will have 1 BTC", smart people find ways to do it, without compromising their financial stability. But there is no guarantee that owning 1 BTC will really mean anything in 5 or 10 years, it's all a game that can end successfully, but also with a negative outcome.

This is the kind of stuff I hate to read from people who I consider old blood as far as the forum is concerned. Maybe not to the general bitcoin ecosystem but at least to the forum you can be considered a veteran. It's quite preposterous to say that He is just "some Brian"..LOL This is the CEO/ Co-founder of coinbase you are talking about, the largest , most influential cryptocurrency exchange in USA.

So saying something like "His opinion is not important" is pretty stupid. Brian has had a consistent stand towards enabling Open financial systems and for everyone to be able to have access to finance irrespective of their country and screw-ups by their respective Governments. (Say, Zimbabwe, Venezuela). His Vision statement on the blog is pretty genuine if you want to have a look. For any newbies wanting to understand how cryptocurrency can actually affect the world, its a must watch.
Here is the link:

https://blog.coinbase.com/the-coinbase-mission-vision-strategy-a3d68b0a7d6a