Linus Torvalds has said that cryptocurrencies are simply "a great vehicle for scams"
  • 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.
  • uieniaEnglish
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    10 months ago

    As long as they use energy they are wasteful, considering they don’t provide anything constructive for that wasted energy which could have been used for better things.

    • matjoemanEnglish
      5·
      10 months ago

      By this argument any website is wasteful. There’s always a “better thing”.

    • iopqEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      Banks also use energy, so banks are wasteful too