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Could someone edit the title and replace "crypto" with "cryptocurrencies"?

• ZephyrBlu 5y ago
  They're synonymous, and crypto is the colloquial term.
  • nixpulvis 5y ago
    They are only synonyms to coinheads.
    • ZephyrBlu 5y ago
      I don't own any crypto and barely keep up with the happenings in the ecosystem. Cryptocurrency is just more commonly talked about than cryptography.
      • nixpulvis 5y ago
        Well... for a site like HN where people do regularly talk about actual cryptography, I'd argue it's the wrong term. Calling cryptocurrencies crypto is like calling an MLM gig a job.
      • diroussel 5y ago
        Yet cryptography is far more widely used.
    • tim333 5y ago
      Dictionary has 1) a person who secretly supports or adheres to a group, party, or belief. 2) cryptocurrency. 3) cryptography. obvs the perceived meaning of words depends on context. You can't really just declare 3) is the only true meaning.
      • nixpulvis 5y ago
        Funny, my dictionaries don't have a definition for "crypto" at all. Google gives only the following two definitions for me: 1. short for cryptography. 2. (informal) a person having a secret allegiance to a political creed, especially communism. Or as a prefix / combining form: 1. concealed; secret. From the Greek kruptos. I have no idea who manages www.dictionary.com, but I honestly wouldn't be surprised if they took payments from coinheads to push this shit.
  • gnrlst 5y ago
    AES-256 begs to differ... although having said that... it's probably a token by now as well.