- 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.
Crypto means cryptography, stop using it to talk about cryptocurrency.
good luck, I’m sure this comment will change how everyone talks from now on.
Is it not clear which definition of Crypto he’s using?
Linus coming out against cryptography seems so unrealistically silly to me that it’s not even worth considering.
Yeah, that headline is very misleading. Crypto(graphy) is essential for the digital world to exist whereas the other stuff is a pyramid & money laundering scheme.
It’s not “misleading,” because the vast majority of people understand what the current colloquial use of crypto is.
Not the nerds on Lemmy.
A certain irony in a synonym for “secret” being a term everyone’s implicitly familiar with.
It’s useful for buying drugs online on the dark web so I for one like it
my man
All the fentanyl you can snort.
Which market are people using nowadays? I haven’t kept up to speed over the last few years.
“Have you invested in crypto?”
Do you think anyone anywhere will misunderstand this as investing in cryptographic research/development?
The mainstream usage of the word isn’t always aligned with what is good for society or even the original usage of the word.
I guess I’m getting old then 😜
Cryptocurrency is a currency based on cryptographic keys.
https://cryptoisnotcryptocurrency.com/
That’s like asking people to say kilograms instead of kilos
Ok based upon one dude’s opinion I’ll purposely create a communication problem between me and anyone who ever tries to discuss this stuff with me.
Or I could just toss this opinion in the garbage…
Decisions decisions
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.
You are aware that the “crypto” part of cryptocurrency is short for cryptographic, right?
No I’m not
Ah ok, sorry
Wait… whose the moron here? Lol