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

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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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[-] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 47 points 3 months ago

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

[-] Syrc@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

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

[-] YtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH@infosec.pub 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 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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