Saturday, November 3, 2018

Reading and marking: Merriam Webster vocabulary lesson courtesy of the New York Times


Sources:  cryptocurrency, blockchain

A Cryptocurrency Millionaire Wants to Build a Utopia in Nevada.  (The New York Times, 11/1/2018)
A man spent millions on an enormous plot of land near Reno. Now he wants to build a community based on the blockchain technology introduced by Bitcoin.

Other 1990 coinages include:
  • geek out
  • left-click
  • malware
  • World Wide Web

Other 2011 coinages:

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