“We already store data. In a database. It works well”

Re:“We already store data. In a database. It works well” by ce4 on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @06:45AM (#22297727)

What I really hate about digital currencies is that people call it "crypto" all the time, especially in your context someone can misread it as "cryptography" instead of crypto-money... this is often highly misleading and casts a bad shadow on cryptography (for people who aren't knowledgable in these fields.

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Re:“We already store data. In a database. It works well” by veidr on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @07:36AM (#22297950)

This bugs the shit out of me, too, but it is in some sense correct.

Cryptocurrency enjoys a much, much higher mindshare among humans than cryptography. I guess because it's money. And also because it's been this weird but actual bubble, not to mention countless ponzi schemes and debased ICOs and Floyd Mayweather in a private jet and whatever.

I've resigned myself to saying all the syllables and typing all the characters of "cryptography" when I discuss it because I don't think you and I are going to win this one.

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Re:“We already store data. In a database. It works well” by snowwrestler on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @10:28AM (#22299183)

Unfortunately I think this fight was officially lost when noted cryptographer Matt Blaze gave in and sold the crypto.com domain to a blockchain company. (I don't blame him for doing so, I just think it's a noteworthy event.)

What I mean is: I agree with you, but I think the crypto ship has sailed.

For what it's worth I started backpacking in the 1990s and back then "crypto" to me meant cryptosporidium, the 2nd biggest concern about drinking backcountry water (after giardia).

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Re:“We already store data. In a database. It works well” by ce4 on Thursday February 13, 2020 @01:18PM (#22319971)

And Crypto.com now has to deal with the fallout/news coverage of the Crypto AG infiltration by NSA/BND agencies :-)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22309478

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Re:“We already store data. In a database. It works well” by Slartie on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @10:46AM (#22299346)

Has he been paid with...crypto?

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Re:“We already store data. In a database. It works well” by snowwrestler on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @11:23AM (#22299653)

:-) I bet he insisted on cash.

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Re:“We already store data. In a database. It works well” by kag0 on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @11:29AM (#22299704)

What kills me is that it's not just 'crypto'currency vs 'crypto'graphy and a matter of which term is more popular in the public mind and therefore gets to keep the shorter phrase.

Crypto is ALREADY short for cryptography, as in, cryptographic-currency => crypto-currency.

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Re:“We already store data. In a database. It works well” by reportgunner on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @11:21AM (#22299644)

I really hate this about the term "AI" as well.

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Re:“We already store data. In a database. It works well” by davidgerard on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @07:48AM (#22298022)

sadly, it's pretty much accepted finance jargon now.

You can always think of it, every time you see it, as meaning "cryptosporidium"

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Re:“We already store data. In a database. It works well” by BenjiWiebe on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @09:58AM (#22298936)

I live on a farm. When we talk about cryptosporidium we always just say crypto.

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