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not sure it's whole goverment speaking here. week ago, Head of Payment and Settlement Systems Department of Eesti Pank told that crypto is a ponzi scheme
by ksmsjm 9y ago
not sure it's whole goverment speaking here. week ago, Head of Payment and Settlement Systems Department of Eesti Pank told that crypto is a ponzi scheme
- majewsky 9y ago> cryptocurrencies FTFY
- wrinkl3 9y agoThat's a lost battle. At this stage a lot more people are aware of cryptocurrencies than of the concept of Cryptography, and slang like that always follows the majority consensus.
- fastball 9y agoEveryone I know that refers to cryptocurrencies as "cryptos" are definitely aware that there is more to cryptography than tokens. It absolutely is a battle we can win.
- cvsh 9y agoWhat battles has linguistic prescriptivism ever won?
- ambicapter 9y agoliterally every single one of them.
- coderdude 9y agoNah. People are dumb. Look at the zero percent of people who know what "beg the question" actually means. Or look at how many people ask if someone can "expand on something". All words and phrases will eventually become something slightly different and dumber.