Reporter Adrianne Jeffries

Blaze also bemoans how the cryptocurrency frenzy has muddied the original meaning of "crypto" which is the root of the information security science of cryptography - his specialty. Blaze wrote on Twitter, “I think calling cryptocurrencies ‘crypto’ is a poor choice, with bad consequences for both cryptography and cryptocurrencies. That doesn’t mean I’m some kind of language prescriptivist, and your saying that ‘language evolves’ or other such prattle doesn’t invalidate my concerns.” 

As hard as it may to be imagine someone saying no thank you to a multi-million dollar payday, I have no doubt Blaze is sincere. In academic circles there are a lot of brilliant people for whom money is not at the top of their priority list (my daughter happens to be a UPenn graduate so I  had the pleasure of meeting many of them on the same campus where Blaze now works). So, despite the old adage that "it never hurts to try," it probably is a waste of time where Crypto.com is concerned. It will not be a waste of your time to read Adrianne's fascinating full article here though!