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.
  • SOB_Van_Owen@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 months ago

    It’s also sometimes used as shorthand for crypto-orchidism -undescended testicles.

    • ExFed@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      Ahh, so… crypto, which is based on crypto, can be used to pay for treatments to crypto.

      Got it.