# Gavin Andresen
# 2011-06-18 14:33:41
# https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=18877.msg237969#msg237969

Bitcoin's technology is unstoppable, like p2p filesharing has proven to be unstoppable. But "the Bitcoin Project" could fail in a bunch of different ways. @p{par}

If mainstream people think "Oh, bitcoin is that internet thing used by criminals", that is bad for bitcoin. It might be bad enough to kill the project (note that I said "the project", not "the technology"). @p{par}

If bitcoin really does turn into an internet thing only used by criminals then I'll personally consider it a failed experiment and will find something else to do. @p{par}

 @p{brk}
PS: the cbsnews interview was with Jeff, not me, and my last name is "Andresen"