Stallman gives cryptocurrencies the thumbs down

Stefan Mileschin · 11th August 2020, 05:14

I will not use them

Open sauce guru Richard Stallman said he did not particularly like cryptocurrencies.

In an interview in Cointelegraph, Stallman said that while he was not against them, and was not campaigning to eliminate them, “I just don't particularly want to use them".

Stallman said that digital payment systems are fundamentally dangerous if they are not engineered to ensure privacy.

Countries like China which are thinking about bringing them in are the enemy of privacy.

“China shows what totalitarian surveillance is like. I consider that hell on earth. That's part of why I haven't used cryptocurrencies that are issued by the community. If the cryptocurrency is issued by a government, it would surveille people just the way credit cards do and PayPal does, and all those other systems meaning completely unacceptable."

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11th August 2020, 05:14	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 148,738	Stallman gives cryptocurrencies the thumbs down I will not use them Open sauce guru Richard Stallman said he did not particularly like cryptocurrencies. In an interview in Cointelegraph, Stallman said that while he was not against them, and was not campaigning to eliminate them, “I just don't particularly want to use them". Stallman said that digital payment systems are fundamentally dangerous if they are not engineered to ensure privacy. Countries like China which are thinking about bringing them in are the enemy of privacy. “China shows what totalitarian surveillance is like. I consider that hell on earth. That's part of why I haven't used cryptocurrencies that are issued by the community. If the cryptocurrency is issued by a government, it would surveille people just the way credit cards do and PayPal does, and all those other systems meaning completely unacceptable." https://fudzilla.com/news/51317-stal...he-thumbs-down

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