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No one knows to be exact. BTW, that's "Cryptocurrencies" not Crypto.
by venganesh 9y ago
No one knows to be exact. BTW, that's "Cryptocurrencies" not Crypto.
- starshadowx2 9y agoBoth terms are widely used and are correct.
- malikNF 9y agoWhile true, it would be really great (although I think its too late) if people would use the term "Cryptocurrencies" instead of "Crypto", since Crypto used to mean cryptography. Pretty much its just like the hacker v cracker debate.
- starshadowx2 9y ago"the hacker v cracker debate" is (in my mind at least) over. There were and are many people who don't like the way the word "hacker" is used, but so what? Language changes, slang evolves. "Crypto" used to only mean one thing, now it means two. What's really the big deal about that?
- maxerickson 9y agoOr cybercash. A word that needs ruining there.
- bostik 9y agoAbout as correct as using "anal" for shortening "analysis". (Apologies for the snark.)
- starshadowx2 9y agoI don't see how this is a good anal (shortened form of analogy) as I've never once heard or seen people use that as a short form. If it became widely used and accepted then sure, it would be just as correct. "Crypto" as a term is widely used now to mean both cryptography and cryptocurrency.
- bdcravens 9y ago"Crypto" has a different meaning among different audiences. I know many in cryptocurrency say, "Sorry guys, that's OUR term now" but in a diverse audience like HN (many of which work with crypto libraries on a regular basis) I don't think you can make that assumption.
- bassman9000 9y agoFull stack has also a widely different meaning depending on who you ask in HN. Most people here may think the stack goes from the app server to the frontend. The stack is much, much more than that. So most people use it wrong. No one cares. It's not that important. Context is everything. Crypto is well understood in this context to be cryptocurrency.
- egwynn 9y ago“Correct” is a tricky thing in language. There’s basically no difference between “widely used” and “correct”. My guess is that the tech community will generally resist using “crypto” to mean “cryptocurrency” while the general public might (though hopefully won’t) adopt it anyway. If so, it'll end up just like the word “hacker”.