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I really wish people would stop calling cryptocurrency crypto. I bet lots of people are very unhappy when they hear "catastrophic crypto bug" or "crypto loophol

I really wish people would stop calling cryptocurrency crypto. I bet lots of people are very unhappy when they hear "catastrophic crypto bug" or "crypto loophole" and it turns out its about cryptocoins.

dang 5y ago
Ok, we've inserted currency into the title above.
thiscatis 5y ago
"I really wish people would stop calling forced labour <Robots>". That's what you sound like. Usage of words and language shifts and changes, get with it or go back learning growls and hissing to communicate.
- ponow 5y ago
  I guess the same logic should be applied to housing and gentrification then.
- moritonal 5y ago
  Okay, define "crypto".
  - AJ007 5y ago
    From Wikipedia: “Cryptosporidium, sometimes informally called crypto, is a genus of apicomplexan parasitic alveolates that can cause a respiratory and gastrointestinal illness (cryptosporidiosis) that primarily involves watery diarrhea (intestinal cryptosporidiosis) with or without a persistent cough..”
  - milliams 5y ago
    "hidden" Which is much more appropriate for cryptography than it is for cryptocurrency.
AJ007 5y ago
The irony is that the crypto prefix in cryptocurrency refers to cryptography, which basically no one involved knows a damn thing about. I’ll leave it at this Wikipedia excerpt: “Cryptosporidium, sometimes informally called crypto” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptosporidium https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptosporidium
- lekevicius 5y ago
  99% of people investing in cryptocurrencies have extremely limited knowledge of cryptography. However, a lot of innovations in cryptography these days come from cryptocurrency world. Aggregated signatures, ZK applications, etc.
dboreham 5y ago
Ship. Sailed.
- FriedrichN 5y ago
  Sadly, yes. But I hope it sinks.
lekevicius 5y ago
Language is an ever-shifting sand. Some years ago crypto meant cryptography, and "cryptocurrency" had to be used in full for people to understand. Now, positions have swapped. Cryptography is the one that needs to be spelled out in full.
- ekanes 5y ago
  Example: Camera & "Digital Camera" --> Camera & "Film Camera" -- which one was assumed was reversed.
  - lekevicius 5y ago
    Excellent example. My first thought when I hear the word "camera" is a bunch of sensors on the back of my phone... so maybe sands will shift again, and we'll have "dedicated camera".
woah 5y ago
The majority of people know "cryptocurrency" but not "cryptography" or "cryptozoology". Sorry. A lot of cryptozoologists are very alarmed when they hear about a "massive crypto bug", thinking it's the return of Mothra.

dang 5y ago

Ok, we've inserted currency into the title above.

thiscatis 5y ago

"I really wish people would stop calling forced labour <Robots>". That's what you sound like. Usage of words and language shifts and changes, get with it or go back learning growls and hissing to communicate.

ponow 5y ago
I guess the same logic should be applied to housing and gentrification then.
moritonal 5y ago
Okay, define "crypto".
- AJ007 5y ago
  From Wikipedia: “Cryptosporidium, sometimes informally called crypto, is a genus of apicomplexan parasitic alveolates that can cause a respiratory and gastrointestinal illness (cryptosporidiosis) that primarily involves watery diarrhea (intestinal cryptosporidiosis) with or without a persistent cough..”
- milliams 5y ago
  "hidden" Which is much more appropriate for cryptography than it is for cryptocurrency.

AJ007 5y ago

The irony is that the crypto prefix in cryptocurrency refers to cryptography, which basically no one involved knows a damn thing about. I’ll leave it at this Wikipedia excerpt: “Cryptosporidium, sometimes informally called crypto” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptosporidium https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptosporidium

lekevicius 5y ago
99% of people investing in cryptocurrencies have extremely limited knowledge of cryptography. However, a lot of innovations in cryptography these days come from cryptocurrency world. Aggregated signatures, ZK applications, etc.

dboreham 5y ago

Ship. Sailed.

FriedrichN 5y ago
Sadly, yes. But I hope it sinks.

lekevicius 5y ago

Language is an ever-shifting sand. Some years ago crypto meant cryptography, and "cryptocurrency" had to be used in full for people to understand. Now, positions have swapped. Cryptography is the one that needs to be spelled out in full.

ekanes 5y ago
Example: Camera & "Digital Camera" --> Camera & "Film Camera" -- which one was assumed was reversed.
- lekevicius 5y ago
  Excellent example. My first thought when I hear the word "camera" is a bunch of sensors on the back of my phone... so maybe sands will shift again, and we'll have "dedicated camera".

woah 5y ago

The majority of people know "cryptocurrency" but not "cryptography" or "cryptozoology". Sorry. A lot of cryptozoologists are very alarmed when they hear about a "massive crypto bug", thinking it's the return of Mothra.