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Why would it be a shorthand for cryptography instead of cryptococcosis? There are many words starting with crypto, but cryptocurrency is the most popular one.
by Kiro 4y ago
Why would it be a shorthand for cryptography instead of cryptococcosis? There are many words starting with crypto, but cryptocurrency is the most popular one.
- adastra22 4y agoCrypto is short for cryptozoology, obviously. But to actually answer your question, it is because the crypto in cryptocurrency itself is short for cryptography. But a lot of stuff in the “crypto” space (NFTs, ERC20 tokens, etc.) don’t even have any cryptography associated with them anymore.
- seattle_spring 4y agoCrypto has and will always refer to cryptobiotic soil[1] in my world. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_soil_crust https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_soil_crust
- bombolo 4y agoBecause the crypto in cryptcoins stands for cryptography.