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Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss were winningly portrayed by Armie Hammer in The Social Network, but on Sunday they'll play themselves in a cameo on HBO's Silicon Valley. The Winklevii are very familiar with the characters on parade in Silicon Valley—as real-life angel investors, they've funded projects similar to Pied Piper, the fictional tech start-up in the show. Currently, the brothers are in New York launching their Bitcoin exchange Gemini.

We called up Tyler Winklevoss, who gamely answered our clinically unenlightened questions about Bitcoin ("But can you, like, touch it?") and told us all about being a twin, his mancrush on Bradley Cooper, and what Silicon Valley gets right (everything.) Cameron Winklevoss was absent, which just reinforces our theory that there's actually only one Winklevoss and the other is a CGI masterpiece.

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What are the most common twin questions you guys get?

Believe it or not, if we're walking down the street, or if it's strangers, most people ask, "Are you guys twins?" Just to make sure. To double-check. The second-most common question is probably "How do you tell the two of you apart?"

How do you tell the two of you apart?

There's not an easy answer, but Cameron's a lefty and I'm a righty. But that's not going to help you out, because you can't really see handedness. We're pretty different people, but it's subtle. You have to see us together a lot, and then you realize that we walk a little bit different, we talk a little bit different. At the same time, differences are relative, and we see all the little details, so we kind of feel like we have all the different qualities that make a good team. We don't always agree. Which is good.

The twin thing made you a sensation with The Social Network, but has that helped you market yourselves within tech and start-ups?

It's always been our thing I guess, growing up. We've always embraced that, we've never not liked the fact that there's two of us. It's always been kind of a unique thing. And we've been somewhat tall. So we've kind of always stuck out a little bit in these ways, from our earliest days. In this environment, where a lot of people are investing—and certainly a lot of people want to invest in the angel game—any differentiator counts because it's a pretty crowded market. Obviously you need to bring fundamental value and all that, but most investors these days have a brand at some level.