• 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.
  • erwan@lemmy.ml
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    1 month ago

    Crypto means cryptography, stop using it to talk about cryptocurrency.

    • MalachaiConstant@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      Is it not clear which definition of Crypto he’s using?

      Linus coming out against cryptography seems so unrealistically silly to me that it’s not even worth considering.

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        1 month ago

        The security of Linux 2000 will be based entirely on steganography, Linux founder announces