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Not involved with any fishy crypto fishy business
I'm told that there are people claiming to "tokenize" my git repositories with my approval.
I just want to clarify that that is not the case. I do not believe in monetizing my repositories.
If you believe crypto-currencies are anything but a scam, I have a bridge to sell you.
But I'm not selling source code.
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If you believe crypto-currencies are anything but a scam, I have a bridge to sell you.
This is just pure ignorance, lol, you can skip crypto if you want, and probably 90% of the garbage projects are scam, but claiming anything is scam, is just raw ignorance.

Yo, that's straight-up disrespect to our godfather. Without his work, you wouldn't even have the tech to post this comment. He's not just right, he's been calling it like it is. The real problem in crypto is perception. The tech itself is solid, but people turn it into a scam by chasing quick money, pumping hype coins, and selling false promises.

cut the bullshit
Linus isn't necessarily against crypto itself, he's more likely against the circus around it.

@wiseaidev

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FabriLluvia commented Jul 30, 2025 via email

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@justinecodez

justinecodez commented Jul 31, 2025

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This scam is too much

@divyanshudhruv

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ts pmo

@BugraAlpaslan

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i agree yes

@ramanshrivastava

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buying the bridge!

@beekayg15

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Tokenizing a repo without the consent of its authors is like minting an NFT for someone else's digital asset and selling it. You can build a platform for code owners to tokenize their repos, but the choice to do so for any single repo should be that of its authors. Don't make meme coins out of dev's works, especially without their consent.

@Android-Artisan

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how much for the bridge mr Torvalds

@Android-Artisan

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how much for the bridge mr Torvalds

only kidding i dont like crypoto at all i hate crypto

@sushink70

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I don't like crypto

@1151k

1151k commented Aug 27, 2025

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crypto TRADING is a scam*

@poisk-ls

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absolutely right

@acharyasuyog

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They just want to wrap your source code in a scam so complicated that even git fsck gives up.

@Compic360

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truth from the god throne

@MistyPigeon

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Why is this continuing

@aijadugar

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ok Sir...

@booo2233

booo2233 commented Sep 8, 2025

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okay sir absolutely right

@nikelborm

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@GatienBoquet

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Linus created bitcoin confirmed

@Bright-Legend

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Hi:))

@sanskaryo

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He ia real Satoshi

@papaj2139

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probably

@AM4517UMOR4NG

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He is real Satoshi
May be..

@ragibalasad

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This is just pure ignorance, lol, you can skip crypto if you want, and probably 90% of the garbage projects are scam, but claiming anything is scam, is just raw ignorance.

The point you're missing is Crypto isn't a scam but Cryptocurrencies are.

@matthewyang204

matthewyang204 commented Sep 18, 2025

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labubu torvalds/linux#1337

๐Ÿ’€

@BiTech5

BiTech5 commented Sep 20, 2025

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I completely agree

@TheHamkerCat

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He ia real Satoshi

maybe the real satoshi is the one we satoshied along the way

@bdbch

bdbch commented Sep 23, 2025

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If you believe crypto-currencies are anything but a scam, I have a bridge to sell you.

Torvalds right now

@DeanLemans

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whe can i buy the bridge, im interested

@wiseaidev

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whe can i buy the bridge, im interested

Same! I am down bad for all the things the Lord is selling. Sign me up!

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