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Is there money in crypto? I thought the industry heavily favored open source crypto software like ssh, openssl, gpg, etc. Or are you talking about stuff like Pr
by jolmg 7y ago
Is there money in crypto? I thought the industry heavily favored open source crypto software like ssh, openssl, gpg, etc. Or are you talking about stuff like Protonmail that incorporate crypto into their services, like how they advertise that their client encrypts mail before sending it to their server?
- 0x31a 7y agoThe parent post is referring to cryptocurrencies, not cryptography in general.
- jolmg 7y agoIt's interesting how the word-root crypto (meaning "hidden" or "secret") is used as a prefix to mean "cryptographic", but when used alone it's supposed to somehow mean currencies, as if there were some part of the word-root "crypto" that is related to currencies. If "cryptocurrency" is too long, can't one say "currency"? It seems more correct.