Did you listen to an entire interview? He is referring to Bitcoin as being the most effective way of storing monetary energy. If my great grandfather stored his $10 bill under his mattress 100 years ago, it would virtually have lost all of it's purchasing power if I found it today. Bitcoin provides a solution to this dilemma.

As far as his character, I think we can all agree that 95% of billionaires have flawed personalities. You don't control more wealth than millions of people by being a model human being. Nonetheless, billionaires are extremely smart and don't get that way just by luck or chance.