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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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[–] suction@lemmy.world -4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

Never heard it commonly used as a short form for "cryptography". But did hear it commonly used for "Cryptocurrency". Why not let the morons have it? Do you have a scam running that relies on "Crypto" being short for "Cryptography"? Using "cool" brevs is the mark of the amateur anyway, if someone said "crypto" to me when he meant cryptography, I'd forever judge them as a silly person.

[–] Natanael@slrpnk.net 14 points 6 months ago

Before 2010 it was almost exclusively used to refer to cryptography, outside of some even more niche fields (parts of biology, political sciences, etc)

I run /r/crypto on reddit, for cryptography, and the spam is horrendous and the flood of idiots is never ending

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

You are aware that the "crypto" part of cryptocurrency is short for cryptographic, right?

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

No I’m not

[–] Cosmicomical@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago

Ah ok, sorry

[–] 11111one11111@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Wait.. whose the moron here? Lol