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Re:Stripe Is Hiring a Crypto Team 3 Years After Ending Bitco... by troymc on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @01:26PM (#28842462)
The use of the word "crypto" to mean "cryptocurrency" in this article is irritating because in the context of tech, "crypto" can also mean "cryptography" and I'm pretty sure Stripe already has lots of cryptography specialists on staff.

Or maybe Stripe is hiring a team of cryptozoologists?

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Re:Stripe Is Hiring a Crypto Team 3 Years After Ending Bitco... by bdcravens on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @01:52PM (#28842783)
The article is discussing the Stripe job offers, which explicitly use the full term "cryptocurrency" at the beginning

https://stripe.com/jobs/listing/staff-engineer-crypto/349540...

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Re:Stripe Is Hiring a Crypto Team 3 Years After Ending Bitco... by rvz on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @01:47PM (#28842710)
I hope you have read at least beyond the headline, as it clearly mentions the word 'Bitcoin' which from there, the context of what 'crypto' means is clear from the start:

> Stripe Is Hiring a Crypto Team 3 Years After Ending Bitcoin Support

Nothing 'irritating' about that.

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Re:Stripe Is Hiring a Crypto Team 3 Years After Ending Bitco... by troymc on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @03:51PM (#28844245)
It might not be irritating to you but it is irritating to me.
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Re:Stripe Is Hiring a Crypto Team 3 Years After Ending Bitco... by lostmsu on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @01:38PM (#28842599)
In the context of an article titled "... Bitcoin" the meaning is clear.
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