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> Some crypto currencies (don't call them "crypto", that's lame and wrong) "Cryptocurrency" is more than twice as long in letters and syllables. I think we've
by elwell 6y ago
> Some crypto currencies (don't call them "crypto", that's lame and wrong)
"Cryptocurrency" is more than twice as long in letters and syllables. I think we've reached the point where "crypto" is disambiguated in most contexts from "cryptography", or did the author have a different reason for calling that abbreviation "lame and wrong"?
- andy_ppp 6y agoCrypto is an abbreviation of cryptography, by trying to force the abbreviation to mean a specific subset of cryptography you limit all future uses of the word crypto to mean crypto currencies which seems excessive. We might have other words that follow crypto in future.
- akvadrako 6y agoI think blockchain or cryptocoin is also acceptable.
- blueline 6y agoCrypto/cryptography is perfect nerd bait. Easy way to listen to yourself talk while being technically correct about something.