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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 W
by 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 ago99% 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.