Blockchain platform is next Apple: Steve Wozniak

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is bullish on the Blockchain platform Ethereum, saying the technology could be the next Apple.

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Addressing the gathering of over 5,000 people at “WeAreDevelopers” conference in Vienna, Austria on Friday, he said: “Ethereum interests me because it can do things and because it’s a platform.”

Ethereum is an open-source, Blockchain-based distributed computing platform and operating system featuring smart contract functionality.

It is a decentralised platform for applications that run exactly as programmed without any chance of fraud, censorship or third-party interference.

Wozniak has always been a fan of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

According to a report in CoinTelegraph, Wozniak said that “he has a very positive outlook on blockchain and virtual currencies due to the fact that they can change many different areas and industries”.

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The blockchain and cryptocurrencies will achieve their full potential in a decade, according to Wozniak, who hailed the technology as “the next major IT revolution that is about to happen”.

Apple’s co-founder quoted Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey who recently said that Bitcoin will become the world’s “single currency”.

Wozniak said he believes in Bitcoin because it is not related to a central authority–governments–and because it is based in mathematics, so it cannot be altered, “it is pure”.

At the “Money 20/20” conference in Las Vegas in 2017, Wozniak said Bitcoin is better than gold and the US dollar.