nocoiner

English

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Etymology

From no +‎ coin +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • (General American, Ireland) IPA(key): /ˈnoʊ̯kɔɪ̯nəɹ/
  • (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /ˈnəʊ̯kɔɪ̯nə/
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Noun

nocoiner (plural nocoiners)

  1. A person who does not hold or invest in any cryptocurrencies.
    • 2019, Ryan Derousseau, The Everything Guide to Investing in Cryptocurrency, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 269:
      She's as plugged into the cryptospace as anyone you will find, and it's unbiased since she's a “nocoiner,” meaning she doesn't invest.
  2. A critic of cryptocurrencies and their economies.
    • 2019, Dominic Frisby, Daylight Robbery: How Tax Shaped Our Past and Will Change Our Future‎[1], Penguin UK, →ISBN:
      Nocoiners make the argument that if bitcoin becomes ‘too big’, governments will just make it illegal.

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