shitcoin

English

Alternative forms

shit coin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sek-?

Proto-Indo-European *-éyti

Proto-Indo-European *skey-

Proto-Indo-European *skeyd-

Proto-Indo-European *skéydt

Proto-Germanic *skītaną

Proto-Germanic *skitiz

Proto-West Germanic *skiti

Proto-West Germanic *-jā

Proto-West Germanic *skittjā

Old English sċitte

Old English *sċite

Middle English schite

English shit

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

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Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.

Proto-Indo-European *dwís

Proto-Italic *dwis

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nos

Proto-Italic *dwiznos

Latin bīnus

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -ārius

Late Latin bīnāriuslbor.

Middle English binarie

English binary

Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-der.?

Latin digitusbor.

Middle English digit

English digit

English binary digitabbr.

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English bitinflu.

English bit

Latin cuneusder.

Old French coinbor.

Middle English coyn

English coin

English bitcoin

blend

English shitcoin

Blend of shit + bitcoin.

Noun

shitcoin (plural shitcoins)

(slang, derogatory, vulgar) A cryptocurrency of little or unclear value.
Antonym: stablecoin

Coordinate terms: altcoin, memecoin
- 2017 December 12, Matthew Hrones, “Three Altcoins Crypto Investors Should Keep an Eye On”, in Bitcoinist‎^[1]:
  But, against what many people shout about on Reddit, not every altcoin is a "shitcoin."
- 2019 July 18, Ben Brown, quoting Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH), “'There's Bitcoin and Then There's Shitcoin (Libra)'. Congress Finally Gets It”, in Yahoo! Finance‎^[2]:
  There's bitcoin, and then there's shitcoin.
- 2019 August 1, William Foxley, “Crypto Exchange Launches 'Shitcoin Futures Index,' Offering New Way to Short Alts”, in CoinDesk‎^[3], archived from the original on 4 August 2019:
  Crypto derivatives platform FTX has perhaps the most speculative and oddly-named futures index fund on the market: SHIT-PERP, or the Shitcoin Index Perpetual Futures.