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Re:Ask HN: What is the reason behind the rise of cryptocurre... by bdcravens on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @04:27PM (#15909658)
"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.
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Re:Ask HN: What is the reason behind the rise of cryptocurre... by bassman9000 on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @06:06PM (#15910345)
Full 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.

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