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I think the problem is that blockcain fans mostly don't care about real crypto :) and use "crypto" as a synonym for digital currency. To me, saying "crypto" mea
by babypistol 8y ago
I think the problem is that blockcain fans mostly don't care about real crypto :) and use "crypto" as a synonym for digital currency.
To me, saying "crypto" means blockchain seems like saying "paper" means book. Sure it is needed, but it is not really the most relevant thing to its function. We surely wouldn't call a pdf "paper" but I think some might call Ripple or even a simple sql database "crypto", and cryptography probably still is used in there to some degree but I think it is very far from the core.
- c22 8y agoI dunno, I seem to have many papers in pdf form on my hard drive.
- babypistol 8y agoOh, I meant paper as a material. (And you probably got that.)
- rdl 8y agoAnd your "hard drive" is presumably an SSD, now.
- 21 8y agoAnd by "SSD" you mean the storage on the phone.
- lokedhs 8y agoIt's even more ironic considering cryptography isn't even needed for a blockchain. All you really need is a hash function.