Quotesia
Home
Authors
Popular authors
Jean Paul
Wilson Mizner
Thomas Carlyle
Alfred Lord Tennyson
John Irving
Stephen Jay Gould
All authors
Today's birthdays
1928 - Maya Angelou
1884 - Isoroku Yamamoto
1810 - James Freeman Clarke
1987 - Sarah Gadon
1964 - David Cross
1922 - Elmer Bernstein
Today's birthdays
Popular professions
Architect
Author
Celebrity
Chef
Cartoonist
Artist
All professions
Authors by letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
All authors
Topics
Top Quotes
Quotesia
Favorite authors
Olaf Carlson-Wee Quotes
Olaf Carlson-Wee Quotes
Olaf Carlson-Wee
American
Businessman
Bitcoin
Blockchain
Internet
Money
People
Time
Related authors:
Bill Gates
Henry Ford
Jim Rohn
Les Brown
Peter Drucker
Stephen Covey
Steve Jobs
Warren Buffett
I view Bitcoin as the more democratic version of money and value transfer because no one controls it... I expect the Internet to be around longer than any nation-state, so a nation-state-backed currency is actually less safe than an Internet currency in my mind.
Olaf Carlson-Wee
Money
Bitcoin
Internet
Mind
Value
More
No-One
Longer
Safe
Democratic
Because
Around
Version
Expect
Than
Currency
Any
Controls
Transfer
View
Less
Actually
There will be many types of assets codified into the blockchain, and they are all not just going to be on the bitcoin blockchain - it's going to be a number of different assets here. And the best way to invest in that is a diversified portfolio.
Olaf Carlson-Wee
Best
Bitcoin
Will
Blockchain
Types
Way
Best Way
Diversified
Invest
Going
Just
Different
Many
Assets
Portfolio
Here
Number
When decentralized blockchain protocols start displacing the centralized web services that dominate the current Internet, we'll start to see real internet-based sovereignty. The future Internet will be decentralized.
Olaf Carlson-Wee
Future
Internet
Will
Blockchain
See
Web
Real
Dominate
Sovereignty
Current
Decentralized
Centralized
Services
Start
We are seeing entrepreneurs issuing their own blockchain-based tokens to raise money for their networks, sidestepping the traditional, exclusive world of venture capital altogether. The importance of this cannot be overstated - in this new world, there are no companies, just protocols.
Olaf Carlson-Wee
World
Money
Own
Seeing
Networks
Entrepreneurs
Exclusive
New
Importance
Venture
Venture Capital
Altogether
Traditional
Overstated
New World
Just
Cannot
Capital
Companies
Raise
Taxes have been complicated. Every single time I spend a Bitcoin, it's a taxable event. It's like I bought and sold an asset. It counts as an investment, with a short- or long-term capital gain or loss.
Olaf Carlson-Wee
Time
Bitcoin
Complicated
Single
Every
Every Single Time
Sold
Spend
Investment
Bought
Long-Term
Like
Counts
Single Time
Been
Loss
Short
Gain
Taxable
Taxes
Capital
Event
Asset
For the first time, open source, peer-to-peer protocol developers can monetize their project on a protocol level.
Olaf Carlson-Wee
Time
First
Project
Open
Developers
Open Source
First Time
Protocol
Source
Level
Application-specific tokens, or app-tokens, are built on top of existing general-purpose blockchains like Bitcoin and Ethereum. For the first time, open-source project creators can directly monetize their open-source network.
Olaf Carlson-Wee
Time
Bitcoin
First
Project
Top
Network
Directly
Like
First Time
Built
Existing
Ethereum
Creators
Polychain is investing in blockchain assets. We do not invest in private companies or hold shares in private companies. We invest purely in tokens or digital assets, and those include assets that people are familiar with, like bitcoin and ethereum, as well as very early-stage projects.
Olaf Carlson-Wee
People
Bitcoin
Digital
Blockchain
Projects
Those
Purely
Invest
Investing
Shares
Like
Well
Private
Very
Familiar
Hold
Ethereum
Companies
Include
Assets
VCs are used to being the gatekeepers of capital. There's this old narrative of entrepreneurs going hat in hand begging VCs for money. That absolutely is not the world we're in anymore.
Olaf Carlson-Wee
World
Money
Old
Hat
Entrepreneurs
Absolutely
Narrative
Hand
Begging
Going
Being
Anymore
Capital
Used
Gatekeepers
No more Olaf Carlson-Wee quotes
Haven't find the right quote? Try quotes from authors related to Olaf Carlson-Wee.
Bill Gates
Henry Ford
Jim Rohn
Les Brown