25 Apr 2014 / RT – Bitcoin is shaping up to be the currency of the future, enabling people to send and receive money anywhere in the world free of charge in a currency that govts are unable to control, Roger Ver, bitcoin investor and the CEO of Memory Dealers told to RT.
RT: Why do you think this Moscow Bitcoin conference is important?
Roger Ver: Bitcoin is a global phenomenon. It’s important to everybody on the entire planet. Anybody who uses money, bitcoin is important to them.
RT: Russia isn’t banning bitcoin but when it comes to Russia’s central bank and prosecutor’s office, they are against it; does that suggest bitcoin is not welcome, is that going to change do you think?
RV: I don’t have a direct insight into what goes on inside of Russia but one guy at the conference just a moment ago when I asked that same question, he said nobody cares, so that may be the attitude of the people within Russia. And at the end of the day nobody can block or stop or prevent anyone using bitcoin if they want to, it’s just a protocol and it just works.
RT: If you had to name three reasons why bitcoin is better than traditional money what would they be?
RV: Bitcoin is the first time anyone can send and receive any amount of money with anyone anywhere on the planet. So that’s one reason…. Read more
http://rt.com/op-edge/154400-bitcoin-money-currency-internet/
