Samani: Every smartphone will have a built-in private key within ten years
Kyle Samani · Crypto Roundtable with Nick Tomaino & Kyle Samani: US Elections, NFTs, and Trump | E1100 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · Jan 8, 2024 · at 54:05
Kyle Samani, Managing Partner at Multicoin Capital, shares his long-term thesis on mobile hardware integration for cryptocurrency on 20VC.
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“I want everyone in the world to have a private key built into their phone that is secure and that they can use for arbitrary financial movements, whether those are payments or investments and that they can do so across any application. And I have a high degree of conviction that will be true. Maybe not in five years. I may be too optimistic on timeline. Maybe it's 10.”
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