[wlug] Re: Trying To Reclaim The Word “Crypto”

On 24/11/21 10:16, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

For decades, the word “crypto” has been synonymous with “cryptography”. But increasingly now, some are using it to mean “cryptocurrency” instead. Naturally this is annoying some who have been working in the crypto field for years, and they are demanding that this new (mis)usage be stopped.

What do you think?

Like using Google as a verb[1], I think the horse has already bolted. Much like the misuse of the word 'hacker' in mainstream media. -- Simon [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_(verb)