Can we add the -graphy to the crypto tag?
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In some cases we get stories mis-tagged with crypto when they should be tagged with merkle-trees. Maybe expanding adding the suffix to crypto would help cut down on these issues?
Some rough thoughts: I guess I am a bit curmudgeonly about the term “crypto” getting taken over by “cryptocurrency” after several decades of use, it’s a bit galling to cede the term. Though at some point, yeah, it’s a practical reality that’s not worth confusing people over. We’ve seen cryptocurrency promotion get tagged both with crypto and merkle-trees so I’m not really sure expanding to cryptocurrency would change anything; I think all technical communities are going to continue to suffer from promotion for at least a few more years.
Worth discussing, though, maybe someone has more pros or cons? Maybe it’s worth just trying for a year?
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I think the realistic view is that it has become ambiguous and would be regardless of what the new referent that “takes over” is. What are the cons in expanding it to “cryptography” exactly? I don’t see any, only pros.
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