Bitcoin is the currency of the Internet: a distributed, worldwide, decentralized digital money. Unlike traditional currencies such as dollars, bitcoins are issued and managed without any central authority whatsoever: there is no government, company, or bank in charge of Bitcoin. As such, it is more resistant to wild inflation and corrupt banks. With Bitcoin, you can be your own bank.

"[Bitcoin] is a techno tour de force." - Bill Gates, Founder of Microsoft

"You can't stop things like Bitcoin. It will be everywhere and the world will have to readjust. World governments will have to readjust" - John McAfee, Founder of McAfee

"It's money 2.0, a huge huge huge deal." - Chamath Palihapitiya, Previous head of AOL instant messenger

"There are 3 eras of currency: Commodity based, politically based, and now, math based." - Chris Dixon, Co-founder of Hunch now owned by Ebay, Co-founder of SiteAdvisor now owned by McAfee

"Right now Bitcoin feels like the Internet before the browser." - Wences Casares, Founder of Banco Lemon, aquired by Banco do Brazil

"Bitcoin may be the TCP/IP of money." - Paul Buchheit, Creator of Gmail

"I do think Bitcoin is the first [encrypted money] that has the potential to do something like change the world." - Peter Thiel, Co-Founder of Paypal

"Bitcoin is a remarkable cryptographic achievement and the ability to create something that is not duplicable in the digital world has enormous value" - Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google

"Virgin Galactic is a bold entrepreneurial technology. It's driving a revolution and Bitcoin is doing just the same when it comes to inventing a new currency." - Sir Richard Branson, Founder of Virgin Records, Virgin Galactic, and 400+ other businesses.