One of the most celebrated inventors in the era of computing technology, Steve Wozniak, has spoken about his early interest in bitcoin and his attempt to buy the world’s most prominent cryptocurrency back when it was trading at $70 per coin.
Speaking on stage at a tech conference in Miami, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak underlined bitcoin’s importance in bringing FinTech’s poster child, blockchain technology, to the mainstream. The tech mogul as asked about the ‘meteoric rise of cryptocurrencies’ and blockchain technology and their potential for transformative change in society.
To this, Wozniak spoke about blockchain technology’s core features in security and traceability, underlining them as factors behind nearly every corner of the global banking industry looking into the decentralized innovation.
“Bitcoin is the well-known cybercurrency that really bought all of this to our attention,” Wozniak said, in his response that was just as much about educating the audience as it was him praising the technology.
Wozniak then spoke about how he tried to acquire bitcoin years ago when the now-soaring cryptocurrency was under $100 per coin. Not as an investor, but as an adopter who was looking to own and “play” with it.
He revealed: