It's funny that Bitcoiners are saying that Bitcoin isn't crypto. The term is so toxic that they've disowned it... even though Bitcoin is literally the original crypto!
Bitcoin maximalists prefer to disassociate themselves from alternative cryptocurrencies (aka. alt-coins), all of which they consider to be inferior and unnecessary.
Technically, the 'crypto' in cryptocurrency refers to cryptography, which is a technology cryptocurrencies utilize.
People who want to ban 'crypto' really mean they want to ban cryptocurrencies, not cryptography.
