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Hi, this is Chris Dixon.

I'm here with Bologi Shrinavasen.

This is the A16Z podcast.

Today, hi, Bologi.

Hi.

We are going to, we have a list of topics.

However, one of the topics is Bitcoin, and knowing you and me, we should probably

just talk about that since that's all we ever talk

about.

That sounds good to me.

So what do you think?

So I'm looking at my list here.

Now that Mount Gox has settled, what's your sort of assessment of the current state of the Bitcoin world?

I think, you know, that'll be viewed as a historical speed bump, really.

I think that Bitcoin is an international phenomenon, and the momentum behind it is just so strong.

What do you see is the key driver of the momentum?

So, for example, like right now, one metric that, you know, we're tracking, right, is the number of users of Bitcoin, right?

And if you look at blockchain.comfo, it's got charts of the number of people who are using wallets.

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