Tim Draper On Bitcoin: 'In 5 Years If You Use Fiat Currency, They Will Laugh At You'

Tech startup founders tend to live in the future, seeing future developments that most can't yet perceive as achieved facts. The same is true, apparently, of venture capitalists. Tim Draper has led investments in companies like Skype, Tesla, and Twitter.

"In five years, if you try to use fiat currency they will laugh at you," Draper told me at WebSummit while wearing a tie with cryptocurrency logos on it. "Bitcoin and other cryptocurriences will be so relevant ... there will be no reason to have the fiat currencies."