• 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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    5 months ago

    Is not currency, as a concept, useful? How about transfer of value over vast distances instantly? Is that not useful?

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      5 months ago

      Well know you are just using circular logic. The thing is that cryptocurrencies aren’t currencies.

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        5 months ago

        I hear what you’re saying. But USDC is absolutely a token on many different ledgers that represents a currency.

        I’ve been deep in decentralized finance for years as an investor and fulltime software dev. I get the whole “hur hur Bitcoin is dum” but you’re really missing the forest focusing on a tree.