Patrick Byrne “has long warned that our economy is hurtling toward another massive recession – what he calls the zombie apocalypse – and he believes bitcoin can shelter us from the fallout.”

Oppressive financial systems control society. Patrick Byrne wants to undermine them.

Patrick Byrne discusses bitcoin and a more efficient open-source project called Ravencoin. 

Patrick Byrne argues, “If a company is raising money you'd have to almost be nuts in this country to go public in the current market as it exists … It's so manipulative. It's so distorted. There's so many sharks swimming around in that water [that] have ways that play games with your stock.”

“Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne talks with CNN’s Zain Asher about the potential strengths of bitcoin during a dollar crisis.”

With regards to new cryptocurrencies, Patrick Byrne warns: “I’d put it this way: If they don’t already have a bunch of blockchain developers and if they can’t tell you what ERC-20 is … then they’re con men.”

Patrick Byrne argues: “This dollar stuff, it’s just some fiat currency based on … the surplus taxing authority of the U.S. Treasury of which I assert there is zero ... It’s about time the world switches to real money. Either gold or bitcoin.”

“[Patrick] Byrne forecasts that the launch of tZERO will represent the ‘tip of the spear’ for institutionally-friendly blockchain technologies and investments.”

“Overstock plans to become the first big US online retailer to accept Bitcoin, as Patrick Byrne, the company’s libertarian chief executive, warms to the virtual currency as a refuge from government control.”

“The formidable Silicon Valley venture capitalist became a Bitcoin enthusiast before it was cool.”

Tim Draper argues, "In five years you're going to walk in and try to pay fiat [a government-backed currency like the U.S. dollar] for a Starbucks coffee, and the barista is going to laugh at you, because they're going to say, 'What is this? Are you counting out pennies?'”

Tim Draper argues, “People ask me, ‘Are you going to sell your bitcoin [for fiat]?’ and I say, ‘Why would I sell the future for the past?’”

Tim Draper says that the world of crypto is open and transparent, and his Bitcoin is more secure than his dollars. 

Tim Draper discusses the future of commerce, and it’s centered around cryptocurrency. 

Tim Draper argues that bitcoin is “the greatest technology since the internet … This is a sociological transformation, it’s a movement.”

Tim Draper argues that “governments like China will be the big losers as this technology spreads and is enhanced by brilliant engineers and entrepreneurs who can now move freely to other countries.” But “Japan, who made Bitcoin a national currency, will be a big winner.”

In a trip to Argentina, Tim Draper “described bitcoin as ‘a social transformation’ and ‘a new form of global currency’ to local media.”

“Draper, an early supporter of bitcoin and its underlying blockchain financial ledger technology, told Reuters in an interview he will for the first time participate in a so-called ‘initial coin offering’ (ICO) of Tezos slated later this month.”

Back in 2015, Tim Draper predicts the future success of bitcoin.