this post was submitted on 20 May 2024
1600 points (97.2% liked)

Technology

68919 readers
4415 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related news or articles.
  3. Be excellent to each other!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
  10. Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.

Approved Bots

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
1600
Linux Inventor Says He Doesn’t Believe in Crypto (u.today)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
669 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
  • 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.
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

And these my friends, are the only people who use crypto currencies: people who want to get rich from it

It isn't being used to buy anything useful, it isn't designed to make the world a better place.

It is only designed and used to increase profits.

And the only way these make profit is by converting everyone they can using any method they can. Lies, manipulation, scams. All just so they can increase the number and cash out on other peoples money.

All in a days work for a crypto bro.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 11 months ago

Don’t want to, already did. Stay poor bro