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Linux Inventor Says He Doesn’t Believe in Crypto (u.today)
submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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  • Linus Torvalds, creator of Linux, does not believe in cryptocurrencies, calling them a vehicle for scams and a Ponzi scheme.
  • Torvalds was once rumored to be Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto, but he clarified it was a joke and denied owning a Bitcoin fortune.
  • Torvalds also dismissed the idea of technological singularity as a bedtime story for children, saying continuous exponential growth does not make sense.
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[–] [email protected] 187 points 5 months ago (8 children)

I fucking hate that the crypto currency ghouls have captured the word “crypto”. When I first read this I was wondering why in the fuck would Linus not like cryptography. My brain is old and crypto will always mean cryptography.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 5 months ago (2 children)

We just got to wait it out. Gods willing, it'll come back to meaning cryptography again.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Still waiting for the Swastika/Manji to be de-nazified. Probably not gonna see it in my lifetime, unfortunately.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Behind the Bastards had a great few episodes about how a group of indigenous Americans chose to give up their sacred symbol that looked like a swastika because of the Nazis. Pretty sad but i guess fascists ruin everything.

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