• 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.
  • @SpaceNoodle
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    26 months ago

    You are drastically overestimating the technical competence of the general population.

    • @zeppo
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      -16 months ago

      In what way? And they supposedly have any clue what crypto currency actually means?

      • @SpaceNoodle
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        26 months ago

        There’s a lot more publicity surrounding cryptocurrency than SSL.