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

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Is this going to be the most replied to post on the Fediverse? 635 in 2 days and still going strong.

Edit: since it's now at 666 replies, please nobody make any more comments

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Is there a way to check?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

There's a few with a thousand on top of all time for Lemmy. It would have to break those before it gets there. But since we've got a perfect storm of Linux, crypto, and anti ai discussions going, all we need is @[email protected] to make a top level comment about how not voting for Biden is voting for Trump to really push it over the top.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I didn't realize I was so famous.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You and downpunxx are my most frequent mentions from my kbin days. Not that I particularly want to compare you.

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They got to him

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Who is 'they'?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

The worm people O.o, this is what happens when we don't look directly at the sun for 30 minutes each day

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Much more difficult to fake.

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