Yes that includes "bitcoin"The 54-year-old computer scientist slammed the newfangled asset class as a "great vehicle for scams." He also went on to mention that cryptocurrencies function as a typical Ponzi scheme that aims to find "the next sucker holding the bag."
https://u.today/linux-inventor-says-he-doesnt-believe-in-cryptoI know that many bitcoin enthusiasts are big Linux advocates. In order to stay consistent maybe they need to switch operating systems. That's what I would do
I guess to "each his own", we admire his creation and some of us could have been using his OS before it's not as vulnerable to malwares and viruses that can steal our crypto. But that's it, if he doesn't believed in crypto then we can't really do anything about it.
He could be right, or he could be wrong to see crypto as Ponzi schemes as this is really the argument that others have been putting since the beginning. However, he could be in the majority specially that Bitcoin has been carving it's name and he could be left in the closet in the next decade or so, just saying.