Post #1710988
2026-04-19 06:01 UTC
@multisn8 Typical readers will understand "safety blanket" here as having the second meaning from https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/safety-blanket: "something familiar that makes you feel safe or confident".
(The dictionary also lists as "UK" another meaning, namely "a type of cover made of a material that does not burn very easily, that you throw over flames to put them out or stop them from spreading".)
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@gregprice@sfba.social 2026-04-19 22:42
@djb @multisn8 Moreover, to further spell it out for any readers not familiar with the term: a literal safety blanket is something used by very small children, aged about three or four. So saying that hybrid schemes are a "safety blanket", as the first post linked above does, is saying that people who think hybrid crypto is needed are acting on childish fears of the kind that an average five-year-old has grown out of.