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.
  • witx@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    6 months ago

    I read somewhere that someone was using anonymous currencies to buy life saving medicine from “non traditional” markets because they were much much cheaper. Let me see if I find the article

    • tsonfeir@lemm.eeEnglish
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      6 months ago

      Well, that might be the only form of payment they take, and so you’ve got to use it I suppose. But the anonymous part really isn’t a huge factor here.

      I would be a little cautious of buying “non traditional” medication from someone who doesn’t want a paper trail.

      Unless you mean drugs, and then yes a paper trail is bad haha.

      • witx@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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        6 months ago

        Haha no drugs in that article at least. I can’t find it but I think it was either for diabetes or asthma

      • itsmect@monero.townEnglish
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        6 months ago

        In most countries it’s illegal to purchase or sell non-OTC medicine without a doctors note (buyer) and license (seller). Even if government doesn’t care, I’m sure that big pharma would like to keep their profit margins.