Greetings! I am here to derail the thread with a remark about "organic chemistry" versus "organic foods". Sometimes being there first doesn't mean you get to

Greetings! I am here to derail the thread with a remark about "organic chemistry" versus "organic foods". Sometimes being there first doesn't mean you get to use the simplification forever. Cryptography is an older thing than cryptocurrency, but both are unwieldy to pronounce and have been simplified to "crypto". Since cryptography is math and cryptocurrencies (in the "popular" sphere) is a get rich quick scheme, the abbreviation that works for both generally became applied to the latter. I am sure organic chemists are a little weirded out when people tell them "oh yeah I love those new strawberries we got". This is that.