When younger, my parents made me believe in Santa Claus. Most other kids were believing in it too, and I was getting more Christmas present. So it was cool and fair, even if not true.
But here, the person is lying to his kid to get away with something. Not cool.
Of course, Linus is a kernel expert. Not crypto. I have nothing against him. I wouldn't listen to the US president about kernel either.
If you need crypto advice, listen to a crypto expert. Not sure why my comment gets downvoted but it seems common sense to me.
Linus creates kernels. Nothing to do with cryptocurrency.
Tech is tech, but I wouldn't necessarily listen to him about other things than kernels and computers.
For example, he doesn't even believe in FOSS, and he openly supports Google because of Android, Chromebooks and ChromeOS using Linux.
When younger, my parents made me believe in Santa Claus. Most other kids were believing in it too, and I was getting more Christmas present. So it was cool and fair, even if not true.
But here, the person is lying to his kid to get away with something. Not cool.