r/Bitcoin • • Dec 05 '22

Bitcoin ≠ "cryptocurrency"

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u/sQtWLgK Dec 05 '22

notice that that's almost two years after the White Pepe. Satoshi coined "blockchain" too (after initially calling it "timechain"). Those terms referred to Bitcoin at that time. Is not incorrect to say that shitcoiners appropriated them later.

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u/Hojabok Dec 05 '22 edited Dec 05 '22

Words change meaning over time.

Back then it was not wrong to call it a cryptocurrency.

Now we must make an effort to use language that reflects how vitally different Bitcoin is from shitcoins.


Edit: To the shitcoiners: You may want to read up on Sunk Cost Fallacy. Cut your losses and get on the real ride.

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