Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is a big believer â though not an investor currently â in bitcoin.
When asked about recent comments from Square and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey â who remarked during CoinDeskâs Consensus 2018 conference in New York that he hopes bitcoin becomes the internetâs ânative currencyâ â Wozniak said he hopes that vision works out.
âI buy into what Jack Dorsey says, not that I necessarily believe itâs going to happen, but because I want it to be that way, that is so pure thinking,â Wozniak was quoted as saying by CNBCÂ on Monday. Wozniak was interviewed during the Money 20/20 conference, which is taking place this week in Amsterdam.
He spoke positively about the aspect of cryptocurrency that limits the number of coins that can exist â but stressed that he isnât an investor but rather a supportive technologist.
The Apple co-founder also indicated his support for bitcoin compared to other cryptocurrencies, stating that âonly bitcoin is pure digital goldâ¦and I totally buy into that.â
âAll the others tend to give up some of the aspects of bitcoin,â he went on to say. âFor example, being totally decentralized and having no central control. Thatâs the first one they have to give up to try to have a business model.â
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