I still have this keychain I got years ago, and I love it, but bitcoin technically being a “cryptocurrency” is beside the point. The word “crypto” is a blanket category definition for “not bitcoin.”
Funny how this discussion keeps coming back around and nothing ever changes.
I mean, I understand the frustration but giving up on a descriptor because some people co-opted it to mean something else is just giving them a bit of a victory. I mean, the term "gay" used to mean "jovial", "exuberant", "exceedingly happy" but now people only think it means "homosexual", and that's because people let the term change into something it wasn't supposed to mean.
Point I'm trying to make is that calling Bitcoin crypto(currency) is not a negative thing, in my book. If you don't want to call it that, that's fine, but that doesn't change the fact that it's factually a cryptocurrency. You don't see me ditching the "Tea" in my name just because some vengeful feminists co-opted the word for their ridiculous doxxing app.
So you’re saying crypto is gay? 🤣
Maybe not the best analogy 🤣 but my point is that just because people steal a term and change its meaning doesn't mean you have to go along with that change.
I don’t even like the word crypto enough to want to use it. As far as I’m concerned, it’s indefinitely poisoned.
And that's fair, you're free to use or not use it. I'm just saying that I don't agree with the BTC maxi argument "Bitcoin isn't crypto" because like I said at the start, it really does just boil down to a semantics argument by people who feel that they want Bitcoin distanced from altcoins.
I prefer to keep my distance from scams.
