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I read this and assumed crypto meant cryptography. I guess at this stage we should come up with a new short term for cryptography, since crypto has been subsume
by lucideer 7y ago
I read this and assumed crypto meant cryptography. I guess at this stage we should come up with a new short term for cryptography, since crypto has been subsumed.
Could this maybe be editorialised to cryptocurrency for clarity?
- DyslexicAtheist 7y ago> we should come up with a new short term for cryptography "they" should come up with a new short term for cryptocurrency
- q3k 7y agoUnfortunately the free market cares about crypto->cryptocurrency more than about crypto->cryptography. We are all, unfortunately, under control of an entity that values financial growth at all costs over any sort of scientific merit.
- BLKNSLVR 7y agoCan we use that to garner public support for cryptography under the banner of digital currency / cryptocoins? Something like this: The five eyes are trying to ban crypto! The government wants to be able to access your life savings when it inevitably all goes digital!
- freehunter 7y agoEh I wouldn’t be so quick to blame finance for this one. How quickly did we lose the “hackers vs crackers” debate in security? Even this forum, plenty of people think the “hacker” in the name refers to cybercriminals because the name was so throughly co-opted.
- wongarsu 7y agoeGold would have been a great name (limited supply, prone to gold rushes, comparable to cash, ...). Sadly that name is taken
- A_Parr 7y agoInternet fun-bucks
- seizeheures 7y ago"magic internet money"
- arcticbull 7y agoMagic beans that live in your computer, or, uh, digital Chuck E. Cheese tokens. On a side note did you know the E. stands for Entertainment? Entertainment is literally that mouse’s middle name.
- collyw 7y agoIsn't all fiat money magic in that way?
- notahacker 7y agoNope. Fiat money is created as debt repayable only in that currency, and backed by a government which levies taxes only in that currency, so future demand to obtain the currency doesn't depend entirely on the assumption its purchasing power will go up. Even then, it needs a lot of intervention to keep it stable on a day to day basis.
- reportgunner 7y agoBut aren't cryptocurrencies technically a subset of cryptography ?
- q3k 7y agoWould you call your phone 'material science'?
- reportgunner 7y agoNot really, but I would definitely call it electronics
- imtringued 7y agoYes but it is a very broad subset to the point that it isn't useful. It's like saying that a law makes Germany a "money heaven" after introducing mobile payments.
- the-dude 7y agoCryptocommunist anyone?
- KirinDave 7y agoWhat are you trying to say here?
- ranit 7y ago>> we should come up with a new short term for cryptography Or neither of them should be shortened because these are compound words and the meaning of the first "hidden, secret" is too broad to represent any of its compound derivatives.
- lucideer 7y agoEditreply: For context, the original pre-editorialized title was the article's: "New law makes Germany “crypto heaven”" Thanks to whomever changed it.
- pgt 7y agoencrypto