McAfee began by talking about the likelihood of mainstream politics embracing cryptocurrencies. He stated that it was not likely, saying that if any future U.S. Presidential candidate introduced a cryptocurrency, it would be federally regulated.

A candidate for the highest office in the United States, McAfee, does not have any real intentions of actually becoming the President. His main aim through his run is to promote decentralized currency and further its adoption.

Running on the Libertarian party ticket, McAfee stated that neither the Democratic nor the Republican party will ever truly embrace the notion of cryptocurrencies. He added that if they did, it would be for 'Big Brother' to track the activities of its users. McAfee's advice to the virtual currency community was to use a privacy-centric cryptocurrency instead.