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Title: [2015-12-15] Jeff Garzik on the Similarities Between Bitcoin and Linux Post by: LiteCoinGuy on December 15, 2015, 01:13:46 PM Core Developer Jeff Garzik on the Similarities Between Bitcoin and Linux
Before making any contributions to Bitcoin, Bloq Co-Founder and Bitcoin Core Developer Jeff Garzik was a longtime Linux developer who started working on the operating system in the early nineties — before the creation of Red Hat. As someone who was involved in the early development of both Linux and Bitcoin, Garzik has a unique perspective on the common themes found in the two respective development communities. http://insidebitcoins.com/news/core-developer-jeff-garzik-on-the-similarities-between-bitcoin-and-linux/36223 Title: Re: [2015-12-15] Jeff Garzik on the Similarities Between Bitcoin and Linux Post by: johnyj on December 16, 2015, 06:35:18 AM The biggest difference however is that Linux is only an operating system while bitcoin is a monetary system, they are at totally different level economic and political wise
An operating system is just a tool, Linux is free for anyone and people can throw it away at any time. A monetary system is about value and trust, bitcoin is not free and people won't throw them away because that is money |