[DavidPeiffer]

Wow, that's from February 2nd, 2009. October 31, 2008 was when the bitcoin white paper was published.

https://xkcd.com/538/

[cercatrova]

Well, it was back when crypto still colloquially meant cryptography, not cryptocurrency. Of course, in this case it's the same thing because cryptocurrency uses cryptography underneath.

[antod]

And on the current topic, crytocurrency really does mean hidden currency.

[umanwizard]

I’m pretty sure by “crypto” they meant “cryptography” (its original meaning), not “cryptocurrency” here.