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That would be general purpose cryptography, and is never abbreviated to crypto.
I mean, it was before Bitcoin came along.
It's rather like the hacker/cracker(defunct) thing.
“Crypto” can encompass things that aren’t “coins” though—like land deeds. It’s just a protocol to secure & verify ownership in a decentralized way.
My point is, the actual concept of it absolutely could be an intellectual conversation. Their confidently ignorant quip about what qualifies is silly.
Three-card monte has many different names too.