It is not just you. ‘Crypto’ is an odd shorthand for digital currencies. Looking back at the initial whitepaper, Satoshi actually uses the word just once: “Wha

It is not just you. ‘Crypto’ is an odd shorthand for digital currencies. Looking back at the initial whitepaper, Satoshi actually uses the word just once: “What is needed is an electronic payment system based on cryptographic proof instead of trust, allowing any two willing parties to transact directly with each other without the need for a trusted third party.” [1] The remainder of the paper uses terms like ‘hash’ and ‘digital signature’. [1]: https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf