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

submitted 6 months ago by AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

And you think you have a one in four chance of a border guard realizing that?

Because, again, if society is collapsing, food will be insecure, and far more than one in four people know you can eat a chicken. In fact, I would say four in four people know you can eat a chicken.

[–] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Well, if the average intelligence level I see around me... They might not know a chicken is edible. LOL. However, only more serious note. It doesn't seem like it all goes down at once. I mean, people in Venezuela have issues for sure, but they just take their money as soon as they get it and put it into something else that will retain their value. So we won't go from an ordered stable society to Mad Max where everybody's stealing chickens from preppers in one day. It would take years to get there.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Ah, so this is a societal collapse where you have to bribe a border guard to get out of the country but where food is secure. I see. I'm pretty sure that's not how it works in Venezuela, so can you give an actual example of such a situation?

[–] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

At least from what I understand, Cuba.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Can you provide an example of someone getting out of Cuba by bribing a guard with a metal coin representing a certain Bitcoin value?

Because, believe it or not, I've met plenty of Cubans who just got on an airplane.

[–] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 1 points 6 months ago

Admittedly, I have very little actual information on their situation, and it's more just hearsay. So if you've met them, then you would have more information than I do.