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> I just use the term "crypto bro" broadly to refer to anyone who benefits, directly or indirectly, from cryptocurrencies, NFTs, and things like that Which he

> I just use the term "crypto bro" broadly to refer to anyone who benefits, directly or indirectly, from cryptocurrencies, NFTs, and things like that Which he does not do. He develops cryptographic libraries (used to encrypt files, network connections and the like). Nothing to do with cryptocurrency at all, save some cryptocurrencies might use the library he writes, but most of the use will be for TLS connections, file encryption etc.

stakhanov 4y ago
The article mentions "Filecoin", whatever that is.
- some_furry 4y ago
  It mentions it as one of the well-known outputs of a company he consults for. I am confident that he is not working on a cryptocurrency at all. If your definition of "crypto bro" is so broad to include "receives money from any person or company that has ever incidentally done anything with cryptocurrency" you've basically painted the entire industry that way. Just because it mentions "Filecoin, whatever that is" doesn't imply that he's working in cryptocurrency. I use "crypto bro" to describe people who actively work/invest in cryptocurrency directly and/or evangelize it. This usage does not intersect with Filippo at all.
  - nileshtrivedi 4y ago
    > any person or company that has ever incidentally done anything with cryptocurrency But Filecoin IS a cryptocurrency. It's not merely "incidental".
    - robertlagrant 4y ago
      Of course it is. Cryptography libraries can be used for lots of things. If one of his clients uses them for cryptocurrency, it is incidental.
      - goodpoint 4y ago
        Look again at the logos prominently displayed in the blog post. There's nothing incidental here and you don't get to make that kind of money otherwise...
        robertlagrant 4y ago
        That still doesn't make him a "crypto bro", any more than those companies using cloud providers makes the cloud providers cryptocurrency specific. They require stuff that's pretty universally applicable. Or change my mind and show me which of his projects is cryptocurrency-specific.

stakhanov 4y ago

The article mentions "Filecoin", whatever that is.

some_furry 4y ago
It mentions it as one of the well-known outputs of a company he consults for. I am confident that he is not working on a cryptocurrency at all. If your definition of "crypto bro" is so broad to include "receives money from any person or company that has ever incidentally done anything with cryptocurrency" you've basically painted the entire industry that way. Just because it mentions "Filecoin, whatever that is" doesn't imply that he's working in cryptocurrency. I use "crypto bro" to describe people who actively work/invest in cryptocurrency directly and/or evangelize it. This usage does not intersect with Filippo at all.
- nileshtrivedi 4y ago
  > any person or company that has ever incidentally done anything with cryptocurrency But Filecoin IS a cryptocurrency. It's not merely "incidental".
  - robertlagrant 4y ago
    Of course it is. Cryptography libraries can be used for lots of things. If one of his clients uses them for cryptocurrency, it is incidental.
    - goodpoint 4y ago
      Look again at the logos prominently displayed in the blog post. There's nothing incidental here and you don't get to make that kind of money otherwise...
      - robertlagrant 4y ago
        That still doesn't make him a "crypto bro", any more than those companies using cloud providers makes the cloud providers cryptocurrency specific. They require stuff that's pretty universally applicable. Or change my mind and show me which of his projects is cryptocurrency-specific.