The refreshing lack of cryptocurrency discussions here (at least in terms of what I'm seeing) *almost* makes me think that it would be safe to say "crypto" again in its proper sense as "cryptography" -- as it was before the term was hijacked.

@lauren Aww yeah. It's been so long I'd forgotten that it pissed me off when that hijacking took place. Kind of like when "hacker" turned into something else long ago.

Remember looong ago when someone likely said to you, "Oooh, nice hack, Lauren!"

@shuttersparks Back when hack meant a good thing not a bad thing in the popular consciousness. Ancient history.

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@lauren Exactly. The "nice hack" comment was pretty much the highest compliment you could expect from the programmer.

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