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Can we stop calling these cryptocurrencies "crypto"? That shorthand belongs to the people developing cryptographic encryption technologies.
by AndrewUnmuted 9y ago
Can we stop calling these cryptocurrencies "crypto"? That shorthand belongs to the people developing cryptographic encryption technologies.
- throwaway30yo 9y agoYou are correct, but that battle is lost.
- Atheros 9y agoWords don't belong to anyone unless you register a trademark or some equivalent. People refer to cryptocurrency far more frequently than cryptographic algorithms lately; it's inevitable that they would start appropriating the shorthand word.
- dvfjsdhgfv 9y agoI think most people stopped caring a month ago, this stupid name is going to stay.
- adsfasdfsad111 9y agocryto = cryptocurrency now... the masses say so. You can start using the full term "cryptographic encryption" instead.
- fwdpropaganda 9y agoGatekeeping detected. https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Gatekeeping https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Gatekeeping
- dang 9y agoPlease don't do this here.
- fwdpropaganda 9y agoIs your issue specifically that I posted a link to urban dictionary or that I posted an accusation of gatekeeping?
- dang 9y agoThe GP comment was already off topic and predictable—in the sense that it gets repeated all the time these day—but your response was further off topic, borderline uncivil because of the accusation aspect, and the internet trope thing is definitely not something to practice on HN. I understand the temptation to post these things, but it's a temptation that needs to be resisted if we're to have higher-quality discussion here.