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"cryptocurrency" is a bit of a mouthful, so I at least understand the urge to shorten it, but I wish we could agree to at least shorten it to "cryptos," as in:
by iak8god 9y ago
"cryptocurrency" is a bit of a mouthful, so I at least understand the urge to shorten it, but I wish we could agree to at least shorten it to "cryptos," as in: "A Cryptos Website Changes Its Data..."
- tomrod 9y agoCrypto means cryptography. Cryptocurrency should be shortened another way. Perhaps "Cryptotoken."
- gumby 9y agoCryptocash perhaps
- iak8god 9y ago> Crypto means cryptography I hope that's considered obvious on HN. The suggestion was that "cryptos" could be a suitable plural abbreviation for "cryptocurrencies" (unless it's typically used as an abbreviation for "cryptographies," which it doesn't seem to be). Anyway, I confess that seems likely to just cause more confusion.