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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.

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FabriLluvia commented Jul 30, 2025 via email

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justinecodez commented Jul 31, 2025

This scam is too much

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