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> The Case Against Crypto Crypto != Cryptocurrencies (or more generally: cryptoassets)
by q-big 5y ago
> The Case Against Crypto
Crypto != Cryptocurrencies (or more generally: cryptoassets)
- mnw21cam 5y agoI choose to interpret crypto as https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/crypto/index.html https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/crypto/index.html
- rvz 5y agoAt this point, that battle has been lost and the ship has sailed years ago.
- denton-scratch 5y agoBattle lost. Ship has sailed. Train has left platform. "Crypto", "cyber", "literally", "exponential": I wish language wouldn't change under my feet. I feel as if I'm standing on linguistic jelly.
- teekert 5y agoThis, I mean one expects a piece from the government against Signal or something because the children, etc... No, crypto now seems to mean cryptocurrencies. Pretty bad trend. I can imaging you feel the same when you work with corona viruses these days ;) But what can we do?
- Aachen 5y agoI mean, yes, but also that ship has sailed. You can't force language upon people, this is going to be how people refer to it, similar to the media's hacker and what a hacker means in the field.
- Findecanor 5y agoYou can not choose which language people use when talking to you, but you can set a good example yourself. "Crypto" being an abbreviation will still only mean "cryptoasset" in some contexts, and retain other meanings in other contexts.
- tokai 5y agoThoughtless IsNot comments on every crypto post is definitely not setting a good example.
- acdha 5y agoMarketing people try to redefine terms all of the time. That doesn’t mean the rest of us should help them, especially when it’s being done to defraud buyers. During the mortgage bubble, realtors and bankers tried to redefine common terms, too, but that didn’t stick past it popping.