[ksmsjm]

not sure it's whole goverment speaking here. week ago, Head of Payment and Settlement Systems Department of Eesti Pank told that crypto is a ponzi scheme

[majewsky]

> cryptocurrencies

FTFY

[wrinkl3]

That's a lost battle. At this stage a lot more people are aware of cryptocurrencies than of the concept of Cryptography, and slang like that always follows the majority consensus.

[fastball]

Everyone I know that refers to cryptocurrencies as "cryptos" are definitely aware that there is more to cryptography than tokens.

It absolutely is a battle we can win.

[cvsh]

What battles has linguistic prescriptivism ever won?

[ambicapter]

literally every single one of them.