Stocks are rolling over, Dow falls 1,500 points

Re:Stocks are rolling over, Dow falls 1,500 points by AndrewUnmuted on Monday February 05, 2018 @04:37PM (#16312440)

Can we stop calling these cryptocurrencies "crypto"? That shorthand belongs to the people developing cryptographic encryption technologies.

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Re:Stocks are rolling over, Dow falls 1,500 points by Atheros on Monday February 05, 2018 @04:45PM (#16312515)

Words don't belong to anyone unless you register a trademark or some equivalent. People refer to cryptocurrency far more frequently than cryptographic algorithms lately; it's inevitable that they would start appropriating the shorthand word.

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Re:Stocks are rolling over, Dow falls 1,500 points by dvfjsdhgfv on Monday February 05, 2018 @04:47PM (#16312530)

I think most people stopped caring a month ago, this stupid name is going to stay.

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Re:Stocks are rolling over, Dow falls 1,500 points by throwaway30yo on Monday February 05, 2018 @04:43PM (#16312503)

You are correct, but that battle is lost.

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Re:Stocks are rolling over, Dow falls 1,500 points by adsfasdfsad111 on Monday February 05, 2018 @05:30PM (#16312843)

cryto = cryptocurrency now... the masses say so.

You can start using the full term "cryptographic encryption" instead.

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Re:Stocks are rolling over, Dow falls 1,500 points by fwdpropaganda on Monday February 05, 2018 @05:42PM (#16312922)

Gatekeeping detected.

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Gatekeeping

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Re:Stocks are rolling over, Dow falls 1,500 points by dang on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @12:07AM (#16314549)

Please don't do this here.

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Re:Stocks are rolling over, Dow falls 1,500 points by fwdpropaganda on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @03:18AM (#16315031)

Is your issue specifically that I posted a link to urban dictionary or that I posted an accusation of gatekeeping?

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Re:Stocks are rolling over, Dow falls 1,500 points by dang on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @02:58PM (#16319035)

The GP comment was already off topic and predictable—in the sense that it gets repeated all the time these day—but your response was further off topic, borderline uncivil because of the accusation aspect, and the internet trope thing is definitely not something to practice on HN. I understand the temptation to post these things, but it's a temptation that needs to be resisted if we're to have higher-quality discussion here.

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