"Coinbase is 'the' brand in the Bitcoin space. Their founder Brian Armstrong was amongst the first go..." — Adam Draper

The blockchain does one thing: It replaces third-party trust with mathematical proof that something happened.

What bitcoin does better than the current financial system is it's a better stored value globally. There are a lot of countries that really don't trust their banks or their currency, and bitcoin is an alternative.

I always believe that people can learn a broader skill set. You need good technology and solving a big problem. I always think that, at it's core, it's solving a problem; you're not building technology for the sake of technology.