Blockchain is a game changer, but Bitcoin faces a difficult future
Marc Bernegger · 20 VC 024: Financing Finch with Marc Bernegger of Orange Growth Capital · Apr 2, 2015 · at 18:09
Marc Bernegger, investor at Orange Growth Capital, gives his take on the future of Bitcoin versus underlying blockchain technology.
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“The future of blockchain is big. The future of Bitcoin is difficult, but I would separate it. So I think blockchain is really a game changer, and Bitcoin just a small part of the whole blockchain development.”
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