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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] 11 points 11 months ago

How are you asking Linus about crypto and not about the blockchain.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Linus is already a multimillionaire, he doesn't need a pump and dump.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Well there are billionaires that do pump and dump. He just seem a decent human being 😃

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

Some people are just addicted to acquiring money.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Who the fuck tell their kids bedtime stories about the idea of technological singularity??

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I fell asleep to that by myself.

Getting digital cable in my bedroom as a kid was both a blessing and a curse, and I listened to Michio Kaku a lot. Didn’t understand half of it, but hey, it was cool.

Keep in mind, this was when I was a kid and thought all adults were good people and didn’t understand that Kaku and Tyson were dickheads or that Discovery Science was junk food borderline scifi.

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

Ngl Sci-Fi Science was really interesting as a kid.

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