I'm Molly Jane, head of news at Cointelegraph And we have the great pleasure of talking today to Bitcoin himself
Hi, Molly Hi Thanks for having me on this show I apologize, I'm a little nervous Sometimes I get nervous talking to girls and all
It's totally fine I guess my first question for those, that have been seeing you on Bitcoin & Friends, is how is the search for your father going right now? Well, I can't give away too much, Molly, as the producers of the show said I'm not allowed to give away big spoilers But what I can tell you is, I'm going to have a hard time in this show, finding my dad through traditional soothing methods, finding Satoshi won't be easy And sometimes to find the answers, you know, we must do some soul searching or, in my case, code searching That's just a little hint
So we've found several people that could be your father But who do you think is the best of it? Well, to be perfectly honest, Molly, and despite my desperate search for my dad in the show, I'm a little more stable emotionally in real life, of course And I hope that the true identity of my dad is actually never revealed I think considering the nature of cryptocurrencies and it being decentralized in all an anonymous team of creators, it's just more poetic and fitting So, yeah
So, my next question is, as bitcoin's price changes as it does every day, do you feel stronger when that happens personally? Well, Molly, price doesn't necessarily make me stronger What price does, if it gets really high, it's giving me a big head, poor thing Sometimes when I sit around thinking about how much people are willing to pay for my puke, I start getting cocky You know, since I'm only 10 years old, of course And when the price goes down, it's easy for me to get sad
I try not to let it get to me, but sometimes when the price is tanking, it feels like no one loves me And at that point, I just need to remind myself it's not necessarily a problem with me It's just the way the markets work, Molly And to answer your question about what makes me really strong, that's the hash rate and the nodes of the network So the more computers that are securing my ledger and the more decentralized those are, and the more of my muscles get big, of course
And I can start doing really cool things like flying and picking up large objects and beating up the bad guys Poor things So does anything else affect your strength? The market cap maybe, institutional investor adoption and things like that? Well, like I said, that stuff just kind of goes to my head I think the core fundamentals of my strength are the hash rate of the network And assuming the price goes up, then there'll be more miners anyway
So they're kind of correlated in that fashion, Molly So you've mentioned that you can fly, but why don't you tell us more about some of the weapons that you're, you know, as of yet unknown father gave you back in episode two? Yeah, so the weapons, these are when the developers work on my coding and give me upgrades So the developers are kind of like Q in James Bond, if you've ever seen that character He always comes along and gives James really cool pens and shoes that blow up So, when the developers upgrade my code, I get new fancy things to defeat my enemies
So, as an example of that, something like SegWit? Yeah, a SegWit comes into the show pretty soon But again, the producers are giving me sidelong glances and I'm not allowed to talk too much about it So now let's talk a little bit more about Mitalik, one of your close friends on the show Are you ever going to be able to let him more closely into your life in the future? Well, Mitalik is sure is trying to win my love And again, the producers are looking at me
So I'm not entirely sure what I can say, but I will say that Mitalik is gonna have a hard time getting into my porch He has to live vicariously through something else And that's the Ethereum character that he makes and gets to fall in love with me Oh, okay So that was another thing I wanted to ask
How do you feel about the possibility of hanging out with other altcoins? You know, Ethereum, maybe even Bitcoin Cash? Do you guys get along? Well, naturally, Molly, I'm the coolest of the bunch But with my network fact and hash rate and all that stuff But I think that if a project has good intentions and, you know, a truly decentralized and is trying to bring freedom into the world, then I'm on their team, too I think sometimes when people are mean to each other, they're talking with their pocketbooks instead of looking at the bigger picture, of course So how do you feel in particular about your different hard forks
What is it like when you hard fork? Well, I will say it does feel a little funny when the practice happens, I think forking is kind of cool, because for the first time in history, in the history of money, people can choose which currencies they believe in And I think choices are really cool because, you know, we don't have choices If we don't have choices, then we don't have freedom So what would you say to someone that doesn't believe in you? You know, a traditional banker will say to you that you can never be defeated by the US dollar What's your response to that? Well, my first reaction, Molly, is to tell them, I want tell them to go suck on a full node, but the producers feel that this is antagonistic
So I think the best approach is to have an honest intellectual debate, you know, about what money is How would you respond to someone from the banking world? You know, the big banks that insist that the dollar, like the dollar bot will always be stronger than you? Oh, well, I think exchange rate systems often have a very select few who control the issuance of money And that's not a good thing, because if history has taught us one thing, it's humans can't be trusted, Molly I trust you, of course, Molly But generally speaking, generally speaking, of course
But I will say I'm better than the dollar bot, because I'm actually scarce and you can own and control my itty-bitties, you know, without having to trust anyone So it's all about trust Yeah, because you can't trust humans, of course, but you can trust me A big theme on this show is drug use with the mention of the Silk Road, and then you yourself ingesting a very large amount of drugs So what could you tell viewers that are worried that bitcoin equals drugs, equals black market? Well, as you know, early in my history, I had a reputation of being used predominantly for nefarious activities, as you suggest, drugs
And I think what's important to remember, Molly, is that I'm a tool, and tools can be used from many different things You know, murders wear shoes, for example, but that doesn't mean we should outlaw shoes, of course So I think that people need to look at the bigger picture and not get caught up and not get caught up on what certain bad people are doing with me So, Bitcoin, as you definitely know, there is a potential competitor that will be coming out in 2020 called Libra, which is Facebook's Coin How do you feel about working with Facebook's Coin? Do you feel animosity towards Facebook's Coin? Well, thanks for asking that, Molly
I will say that obviously I can't see into the future But what I do think that the Libra coin will do is introduce more people to the ideas of cryptocurrencies as a whole So I'm kind of hoping that the Libra will be sort of like a gateway drug to getting into really, truly decentralized projects like myself, of course So the title of your show, in which you are the star, is Bitcoin & Friends But how does one become friends with Bitcoin? Well, that's a good question
I really like ice cream, so if you purchase me, you know, if you buy me ice cream, I'll definitely be more likely to like you To be one of my friends, I think you just need to be a good person and really have other people's best interests at heart You know, I'm trying to make the world a better place And if you can help me along in my journey, then I think we'll be really good friends I mean, it sounds like a plan to me
So, Bitcoin, in the beginning, you mentioned you were a little nervous talking to girls, but do you have maybe a possible girlfriend or love interest? Oh, most certainly Again, the producers are giving me sidelong glances, but I think I've said it a little bit on the show already I do have a love interest and that's Ethereum And at some point, you know, we'll fall in love and there will be atomic swaps on the show, which is just sort of us, you know, having intercourse in our coin sphere And yeah, so I lost my virginity on the show, on camera, which was a little weird
Yeah, it sounds really weird, but I'm looking forward to watching it Does YouTube allow that kind of, you know, graphic content coming from Bitcoin? Well, Molly, if YouTube does actually have a problem with me losing my virginity on the show, I will probably just use those censor blocks over the intimate ports It makes sense, although there's no censorship on the blockchain But there is on YouTube That's true, and that's why the blockchain is better
All right Well, Molly, I hate to cut this short, but the producers are kind of aggressively whispering to me from across the room that I need to get back on set You know, we're right in the middle of filming episode three, of course, so, if you don't mind, I'm gonna take off Yeah, of course I'm so glad you carved out the time to talk with us today
Oh, no problem I do have a busy schedule, but anything for you, Molly Oh, thank you, thank you All righty Bye, Molly
Bye, Bitcoin
