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Similar to the change in definition for the word 'literally', the common parlance has evolved and 'crypto' now means cryptocurrency. A good test is to look at
by Taek 5y ago
Similar to the change in definition for the word 'literally', the common parlance has evolved and 'crypto' now means cryptocurrency.
A good test is to look at a sentence like "are you into crypto?". Absent any other context, the majority of the English speaking world will interpret that question as being about cryptocurrency, and most won't even try to disambiguate. Someone who wanted to ask if you are into cryptography would have disambiguated in the first place.
- fakesheriff 5y ago> Absent any other context, the majority of the English speaking world will interpret that question as being about cryptocurrency, There aren't many contexts where "crypto" means cryptography anymore. gcc -lcrypto Military grade crypto Anything else?
- pcthrowaway 5y agoMilitary grade crypto will refer to a new proof-of-weapon chain anyway.
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