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      12 hours ago

      The irony of your comment might kill me.

      You know crypto doesn’t just mean coins… right? It’s a whole concept that applies to lots of things outside of cryptocurrency.

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        11 hours ago

        That would be general purpose cryptography, and is never abbreviated to crypto.

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          “Crypto” can encompass things that aren’t “coins” though—like land deeds. It’s just a protocol to secure & verify ownership in a decentralized way.

          My point is, the actual concept of it absolutely could be an intellectual conversation. Their confidently ignorant quip about what qualifies is silly.

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          I mean, it was before Bitcoin came along.

          It’s rather like the hacker/cracker(defunct) thing.