"a joke" — Warren Buffett, 2014. Bitcoin prediction poster (BTC $629 at the time).
    “a joke” — Warren Buffett, 2014. Poster by Buttcoiners.

    “It's a mirage basically. It's a very effective way of transmitting money and you can do it anonymously and all that. A check is a way of transmitting money too. Are checks worth a whole lot of money just because they can transmit money? I hope bitcoin becomes a better way of doing it but you can replicate it a bunch of different ways. The idea that it has some huge intrinsic value is just a joke in my view.”

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