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Linux Inventor Says He Doesn’t Believe in Crypto (u.today)

submitted 7 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] 3 points 7 months ago

That may be true. To me, however, not all regulation are ethically or morally sound. I hear people in countries with corrupt governments can use these new fangled monies to avoid the regulations/sanctions put on their countries.

The example that comes to my mind was some guy in Turkey buying medicine. I guess Turkey isn't allowed to trade many countries because they government is corrupt? And this person was unable to get the medicine they needed in Turkey. Only way was to in port I guess? So they converted their local turkish currency to something the medicine maker would accept.

I can't really verify such claims but seemed like an alright "breaking of the rules".