0 sats \ 8 replies \ @iguano 10 Jun 2023 \ parent \ on: Can we establish "crypto" to mean "cryptography" again? bitcoin
Is not decision of a small group of people to change how a word is defined by a large group of people.
What’s the point in the first place?
This is collectivist nonsense. I'll use language however I please. What other groups of people do is not my concern.
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You can use whatever you want however you want, that doesn’t mean you will be well understood by others or you will force others to user the language as you want.
You are free to try.
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If they want to understand me, they will make the effort. I'm worth it, are you?
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I’m not.
I will keep saying bitcoin is not crypto :)
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Why is bitcoin not crypto? I thought it uses cryptography?
See what I did there? I'll just refuse to accept crypto means cryptocurrency
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Well it is , but a wide range of people is using “crypto” to describe hundreds of projects that ends being scams,
Bitcoin is no crypto is a way to say that Bitcoin is different than other projects who are not decentralized and open.
We can say that being crypto is the less interesting part of Bitcoin.
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Bitcoin is no crypto is a way to say that Bitcoin is different than other projects who are not decentralized and open.
Yes, that's the part im struggling with in my approach. I agree with you that "Bitcoin is not crypto" is a way to distinguish shitcoins from crypto.
So I would definitely hesitate to say "Bitcoin is crypto" since I will indeed be misunderstood but then I accept that crypto means cryptocurrency...
Which is contrary to what I want to do, lol
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Haha, I appreciate your honesty.
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