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Yes but Why should I change? They’re the ones who suck.

by klabb3 4y ago

siwatanejo 4y ago
Come on, I'm sure that before bitcoin was invented, no one used the term "crypto" to refer to "cryptography"; doing that would be more cringy than this article itself.
- lordfoom 4y ago
  > I'm sure And yet you are wrong :)
- sunbum 4y ago
  Literally everyone did
- maratc 4y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypto_(book) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypto_(book) is from 2001 and it may give you a good indication of what the term crypto was referring to back then.
- voytec 4y ago
  yp.to - D. J. Bernstein's[1] domain registered in 1997 preceeds Bitcoin[2] by 12 years. [1] https://cr.yp.to/ https://cr.yp.to/ [2] https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf
- mkl 4y ago
  Here's OpenSSL calling cryptography crypto in 1998: https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commits/master?after=931369429564b5a9bb09711de8e885fef546a0ac+13934&branch=master&path%5B%5D=crypto&qualified_name=refs%2Fheads%2Fmaster https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commits/master?after=9313... And libgcrypt in 2000: https://github.com/gpg/libgcrypt/commit/bf2fc9201cfa96cd70eff0db34578ff3760ccf59 https://github.com/gpg/libgcrypt/commit/bf2fc9201cfa96cd70ef... Totally normal and not cringy at all. Edit: And on Usenet in 1982: https://www.usenetarchives.com/view.php?id=net.misc&mid=dGVrY2FkLjEyOA https://www.usenetarchives.com/view.php?id=net.misc&mid=dGVr...
- stevoski 4y ago
  Someone on the Internet is very wrong today.
  - siwatanejo 4y ago
    Alright, touche.
- bdcravens 4y ago
  As someone who was a developer well before Bitcoin was invented, yes, we did. Here's a conference from 1981 put on by the IEEE: https://www.iacr.org/archive/crypto81/1_front_matter.pdf https://www.iacr.org/archive/crypto81/1_front_matter.pdf
- jjav 4y ago
  > I'm sure that before bitcoin was invented, no one used the term "crypto" to refer to "cryptography" I have to assume this is sarcasm, right? That's literally what "crypto" has always meant for decades, cryptography. The Crypto conference started in 1981 for instance. https://www.iacr.org/meetings/crypto/ https://www.iacr.org/meetings/crypto/
- deleted 4y ago
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rob74 4y ago
Well yeah, there was a time when the title song for the Flintstones could contain the verse "we'll have a gay old time" without anyone questioning Fred and Barney's sexual orientation. Those times are gone too...
- willi59549879 4y ago
  i still use the old meaning of gay. It has such a wonderful meaning
  - LocalH 4y ago
    You could say the old meaning of gay is quite...gay
highwaylights 4y ago
All I can do is upvote this but I kind of want it printed on a hoodie or something as well.

Yes but Why should I change? They’re the ones who suck.

by klabb3 4y ago

Yes but Why should I change? They’re the ones who suck.

Come on, I'm sure that before bitcoin was invented, no one used the term "crypto" to refer to "cryptography"; doing that would be more cringy than this article itself.

lordfoom 4y ago
> I'm sure And yet you are wrong :)
sunbum 4y ago
Literally everyone did
maratc 4y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypto_(book) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypto_(book) is from 2001 and it may give you a good indication of what the term crypto was referring to back then.
voytec 4y ago
yp.to - D. J. Bernstein's[1] domain registered in 1997 preceeds Bitcoin[2] by 12 years. [1] https://cr.yp.to/ https://cr.yp.to/ [2] https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf
mkl 4y ago
Here's OpenSSL calling cryptography crypto in 1998: https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commits/master?after=931369429564b5a9bb09711de8e885fef546a0ac+13934&branch=master&path%5B%5D=crypto&qualified_name=refs%2Fheads%2Fmaster https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commits/master?after=9313... And libgcrypt in 2000: https://github.com/gpg/libgcrypt/commit/bf2fc9201cfa96cd70eff0db34578ff3760ccf59 https://github.com/gpg/libgcrypt/commit/bf2fc9201cfa96cd70ef... Totally normal and not cringy at all. Edit: And on Usenet in 1982: https://www.usenetarchives.com/view.php?id=net.misc&mid=dGVrY2FkLjEyOA https://www.usenetarchives.com/view.php?id=net.misc&mid=dGVr...
stevoski 4y ago
Someone on the Internet is very wrong today.
- siwatanejo 4y ago
  Alright, touche.
bdcravens 4y ago
As someone who was a developer well before Bitcoin was invented, yes, we did. Here's a conference from 1981 put on by the IEEE: https://www.iacr.org/archive/crypto81/1_front_matter.pdf https://www.iacr.org/archive/crypto81/1_front_matter.pdf
jjav 4y ago
> I'm sure that before bitcoin was invented, no one used the term "crypto" to refer to "cryptography" I have to assume this is sarcasm, right? That's literally what "crypto" has always meant for decades, cryptography. The Crypto conference started in 1981 for instance. https://www.iacr.org/meetings/crypto/ https://www.iacr.org/meetings/crypto/
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rob74 4y ago

Well yeah, there was a time when the title song for the Flintstones could contain the verse "we'll have a gay old time" without anyone questioning Fred and Barney's sexual orientation. Those times are gone too...

willi59549879 4y ago
i still use the old meaning of gay. It has such a wonderful meaning
- LocalH 4y ago
  You could say the old meaning of gay is quite...gay

highwaylights 4y ago

All I can do is upvote this but I kind of want it printed on a hoodie or something as well.