Bitcoins and the whole Cryptocurrency market attract very divided opinion.
Enthusiasts believe Bitcoin will become an alternative asset class similar to gold.
Detractors believe it is worthless and bound to end in tears and financial loss.
Where do you stand?
The recent listing of Coinbase on the stockmarket has given a boost the legitimacy of cryptocurrencies.
This is also reinforced by the growing institutional involvement through funds and other investment agencies.
Here I highlight some of the most famous Bitcoin quotes.
"In terms of cryptocurrencies, generally, I can say with almost certainty that they will come to a bad ending. When it happens or how or anything else, I don't know."
"If we have a trader trading Bitcoin, I would fire them in a second ... Its worse than tulip bulbs. It won't end well. Someone is going to get killed ... Its a fraud."
"If I could buy a five-year put on every one of the cryptocurrencies, I'd be glad to do it but I would never short a dime's worth."
"I'm one of the few standing before you...from a large financial services company that has not given up on digital currencies. We set up a small Bitcoin and Ethereum mining operation that now is actually making a lot of money."
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"Still thinking about #Bitcoin. No conclusion - not endorsing/rejecting. Know that folks also were skeptical when paper money displaced gold."
"I'm not sure I would invest in Bitcoin itself ... but it's here to stay because of the disparity between countries where a monetary system is robust and countries where there is virtually no monetary system."
"People are.... maybe underestimating Bitcoin specifically, because it is like a reserve form of money, its like gold, and it's just a store of value - you don't actually need to use it to make payments."
"A friend sent me part of a BTC [Bitcoin] a few years ago, but I don't know where it is."
"BTC has accelerated much faster than my model assumptions. I now predict Bitcoin at $1 million by the end of 2020."
"Bitcoin is a tool for freeing humanity from oligarchs and tyrants, dressed up as a get-rich-quick scheme."
