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by timbit42 963 days ago
Bitcoin maximalists prefer to disassociate themselves from alternative cryptocurrencies (aka. alt-coins), all of which they consider to be inferior and unnecessary.

Technically, the 'crypto' in cryptocurrency refers to cryptography, which is a technology cryptocurrencies utilize.

People who want to ban 'crypto' really mean they want to ban cryptocurrencies, not cryptography.