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I haven't read the full conversation, but it shocks me that Eric Schmidt didn't know about bitcoin. Am I completely biased and bitcoin really isn't as big as I
by josu 13y ago
I haven't read the full conversation, but it shocks me that Eric Schmidt didn't know about bitcoin. Am I completely biased and bitcoin really isn't as big as I think it is, or has Mr. Schmidt been living under a rock?
- deelowe 13y agoBitcoin wasn't that popular back in April. I think it's reasonable that Schmidt hadn't heard of it yet.
- Havoc 13y agoI think its a side effect of the division of labour at the top. Between Page & Brin I don't think its unreasonable for Eric to focus on the corporate aspect & trust that the duo will hold the fort on the tech front. Naturally it would have been better if he could be current on both (/all?) fronts, but thats a big ask. >bitcoin really isn't as big It is to you & me, but they think on a billion people scale & the number of people thinking about bitcoins isn't quite there yet.
- scarmig 13y ago"On the 23 of June, 2011 a secret five hour meeting took place between WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange, who was under house arrest in rural UK at the time and Google CEO Eric Schmidt." Knowledge of bitcoin was very limited in 2011... I only recall hearing about it by mid 2012.
- josu 13y agoOh, OK, I didn't realize that the article dated back to 2011. I checked my email to see when I first registered on MtGox and I found out that 23rd of June is just a few days after MtGox got hacked.
- gwern 13y agoOn 23 June 2011, it wasn't that unreasonable for Schmidt to know little to nothing about Bitcoin.