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We should be more careful with the word "crypto" since these days it's mostly a synonym for "crypto-currency." I had to read the article to verify that this is
by UltraViolence 5y ago
We should be more careful with the word "crypto" since these days it's mostly a synonym for "crypto-currency."
I had to read the article to verify that this is not the case here.
- rob74 5y agoEr... no? Except maybe if you are part of a specific cryptocurrency "bubble", but I'd say that for the typical HN reader, "crypto" still means cryptography in general, not its specific blockchain-related applications.
- SideburnsOfDoom 5y agoI see more cryptocurrency than cryptography on the HN front page, by a large margin, so er, yes, it's a valid comment.
- bdcravens 5y agoIf that were true for the "typical HN reader", then most articles submitted with "crypto" in the title would be referring to cryptography, not cryptocurrency. Take a look for yourself, sorted by date: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=crypto&sort=byDate&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...
- rob74 5y agoWell yeah, as we all know the title of a submitted article has to be left unchanged, and due to the cryptocurrency hype most articles referring to "crypto" will be actually cryptocurrency articles. But I still trust the "typical HN user" to be able to tell the two apart using just the title. And if anyone should stop using the word "crypto", it's the cryptocurrency guys, not the cryptography guys mumble mumble
- randomhodler84 5y agoThose non-cryptozoologist have been hogging good word prefixes too long. How dare others use our words….
- DonHopkins 5y agoTo be clear, HN should have a strict policy that all titles about cryptocurrency replace the word "Crypto" with "Ponzi". It's time for an inequality index for Ponzicurrencies distribution Bitcoin’s Dominance of Ponzi Payments Is Starting to Erode YouTube Ponzi giveaway scams Ask HN: A good and thoughtful place to discuss Ponzicurrencies? “You Don't Own Web3”: A Coinbase Curse and How VCs Sell Ponzi to Retail Kim Kardashian, Floyd Mayweather and a Ponzi token’s wild ride Ponzi Enthusiasts Meet Their Match: Angry Gamers The metaverse is money and Ponzi is king Ponzi-Gram Mailing List From Electronic Warfare Inside the US Navy to Ponzi Startup NFTs, an overblown speculative bubble inflated by pop culture and Ponzi mania North Korean Hackers Impersonate Major Ponzi Investment Firm to Scam Startups
- bdcravens 5y agoPerhaps, but we could probably do the same with other title terms that show up frequently. * VC=predator * startup=side project with delusions of grandeur * San Francisco=small city that isn't the center of the universe * ad industry=the reason most software exists etc
- Graffur 5y agoEr.. no! This post confused me so much because I thought it was about cryptocurrency
- loeg 5y agoIsn’t cryptocurrency just a subset of cryptography anyway?
- recursive 5y agoCryptocurrency is an application for cryptography.
- wrs 5y agoSure, just like “hacker” these days is mostly a synonym for “criminal”, so the site needs to be renamed. Let’s try to maintain some hype inertia.