Wences Casares Quotes

Argentina, Entrepreneur
February 26, 1974

Wenceslao Casares, also known as Wences Casares is an Argentinian technology entrepreneur. He is the CEO of Bitcoin wallet provider, Xapo, and founded Internet Argentina, Wanako Games, Patagon, Lemon Wallet, and Banco Lemon. Casares sits on the boards of PayPal and Coin Center.

When people write the history of this thing, of bitcoin, they are not going to write the story of 6 million to a billion. What is truly remarkable is the story of zero to 6 million. It has already happened! And we’re not paying attention! That’s incredible. That’s what had one chance in a million and it already happened.

Wences Casares
Right now Bitcoin feels like the Internet before the browser.

Wences Casares
- Internet
- Bitcoin
- Browser

Bitcoin is not a currency for a government; it is a global currency for the people.

Wences Casares
In Spanish, we have a saying that when a genius points at the moon, a fool looks at the finger. I find that happens a lot with bitcoin.

Wences Casares
- Moon
- Happens
- Fingers