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[–] dogsnest@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I miss when crypto nerd meant cryptography nerd

[–] lengau@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It still does. People who like cryptocurrency are crypto bros (regardless of gender).

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social -1 points 1 year ago

?

They mean literal cryptography.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptography

Now, a lot of old crypto bros were the origins of crypto currency, but that's a different breed of nerd than the modern crypto bro. The difference is how much you like math and how many posters of Alan Turing you have.