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Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that the bitcoin (BTC) structure is like a "pure diamond" and that the digital currency is "a much better way to transfer value than paper money." Musk made his remark on the ARK Invest podcast, February 19.
Answering the question about whether bitcoin will become the only native cryptocurrency on the Internet, Musk said that "the structure of bitcoin as a pure diamond", and that he believes that " one of the disadvantages of the cryptocurrency is that it is computationally quite energy-intensive, so there should be some restrictions on its mining. But at the moment it is very important to create additional bitcoins."
On that note, Musk stressed that "it would be wrong to use Tesla's resources to participate in the crypto-sphere. We're just really trying to accelerate the promotion of sustainable energy." The head of Tesla and SpaceX continued by saying that the cryptocurrency "bypasses control over the currency [...], paper money is going away and crypto is a much better way to transfer value than paper money, that's for sure."
In February last year, musk tweeted That he owns only 0.25 BTC. In the same tweet, he noted that in addition to 0.25 BTC, which he was transferred by a friend "many years ago", he " literally does not own a cryptocurrency."
Dissemination of opinion
Previously, major industry players also claimed that bitcoin holds a unique place as a store of value or "digital gold". Mike Novograz, a former Goldman Sachs partner and founder of the crypto-trading Bank Galaxy Digital, said that "bitcoin is going to become digital gold - a place where you have sovereign money and it's not US money and not Chinese money, but sovereign. Sovereignty is expensive."
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Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey, who is well known for his belief that bitcoin will become the "native currency of the Internet," said earlier this month that "it is [bitcoin] that is most suited for this role."
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