[cfarm-users] Compile Farm acceptable usage

[Segher Boessenkool]

On Wed, Jan 01, 2025 at 05:37:43PM -0500, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 1, 2025 at 4:26 PM Segher Boessenkool
> <segher at kernel.crashing.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 30, 2024 at 12:51:42PM -0500, Jeffrey Walton via cfarm-users wrote:
> > > Forgive my ignorance... when you say "crypto-related," do you mean
> > > just "cryptocurrency" or "mining" operations? Or does that include
> > > cryptographic libraries like Botan, Crypto++ and OpenSSL.
> >
> > "Crypto" has absolutely nothing to do with cryptography.  A lot more
> > with capitalism or with casinos, it depends on your exact viewpoint :-)
> 
> Folks like me need the precision to differentiate about what is being
> discussed. I took my crypto classes back in the 1990's, long before
> cryptocurrency made the scene. When someone says "crypto" or
> "crypto-related", I think cryptography. Cryptocurrency is one
> application of cryptography.
> 
> Also see "Crypto for cryptographers! Infosec types revolt against use
> of ancient abbreviation by Bitcoin and NFT devotees,"
> <https://www.theregister.com/2021/11/23/crypto_graphy_or_currency/>.

Thank you.  Yes.  On r/crypto (https://www.reddit.com/r/crypto/) even
the title is "Crypto is not cryptocurrency" (the subreddit is about
cryptography in all its shapes and forms, but klepto is excluded) :-)


Segher