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"crypto means cryptography" is reactionary.
by timdaub 5y ago
"crypto means cryptography" is reactionary.
- selfhoster11 5y agoSo? Overloading the term "crypto" with another, closely related meaning is wrong, and there is nothing wrong with resisting that change.
- zarzavat 5y agoYou might as well be shouting at the sky. "Crypto" only means cryptography in technical circles. The average person speaking colloquial English does not know or need that abbreviation. Whereas the average person buying cryptocurrency does need an abbreviation for cryptocurrency and since "crypto" is vacant for them the abbreviation is made.
- Karellen 5y ago> "Crypto" only means cryptography in technical circles. Where do you think you are, dude?
- xboxnolifes 5y agoA link aggregating site featuring an article not from a technical circle.
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- formerly_proven 5y agoSays the cryptocurrency advocate.
- timdaub 5y agoAm I? Anyways, the definition of "reactionary" is to hold onto an outdated believe or assumption. Crypto means cryptocurrencies these days. I was just stating the obvious.
- asimpletune 5y agoOk, but I think it was well stated above that really context just matters.
- timdaub 5y agoThe context is that the economist wrote a piece on "most powerful people in crypto", so isn't it a bit weird that people assume these people to be cryptographers? Economist, crypto?
- asimpletune 5y agoYeah you're right, that was the original context, but then in this thread people also changed the context and were talking about the word crypto in general. It's not super controversial, and as was mentioned somewhere above no one really gets confused when we're talking about cryptography or when we're talking about cryptocurrency - or for that matter when we're talking about the golang crypto package. So, let me just say, I'm not trying to weirdly argue with by saying you're right, and still the word can be overloaded. Idk language is weird. Haha in 20 years maybe crypto will be abject failure and it'll become synonymous with pumping and dumping, like "pyramid" scheme, or maybe it'll be a huge success the likes of which no one has ever seen and will be used in that way in certain contexts.
- formerly_proven 5y agoReactionary is a political label first and foremost and using it in this context tries to equate not-cryptocurrency-advocates to political reactionaries at large. Also, you've contributed to various cryptocurrency repositories, so trying to claim you're not some kind of cryptocurrency advocate/shill/memer or invested in it (pick whichever you like best) might take some convincing.
- timdaub 5y agoYou put a large emphasis on the idea that I have invested in cryptocurrencies and that I'm hence arguing for that. But even if I had, wouldn't you equally be a shill for having invested in companies that merely exist for the sake of cryptographic functionality? Do you think any FAANG would be able to exist without cryptography? Do you hold any kind of stock? Because if so, your incentives aren't likely more inspiring than mine.