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