„I think it's a technical tour de force but that it is an area where governments are going to maintain a dominant role.“
– Bill Gates
„Bitcoin is exciting because it shows how cheap it can be. Bitcoin is better than currency in that you don’t have to be physically in the same place and, of course, for large transactions, currency can get pretty inconvenient.“
– Bill Gates
„Bitcoin is a remarkable cryptographic achievement and the ability to create something that is not duplicable in the digital world has enormous value“
– Dr. Eric Schmidt
„I think the fact that within the bitcoin universe an algorithm replaces the functions of [the government] … is actually pretty cool. I am a big fan of Bitcoin. Regulation of money supply needs to be depoliticized.“
– Al Gore
„I do think Bitcoin is the first [encrypted money] that has the potential to do something like change the world.“
– Peter Thiel
„[Virtual Currencies] may hold long-term promise, particularly if the innovations promote a faster, more secure and more efficient.“
– Ben Bernanke
„Bitcoin actually has the balance and incentives right, and that is why it is starting to take off.“
– Julian Assange
„Bitcoin will do to banks what email did to the postal industry.“
– Rick Falkvinge