---
title: "In Hilarious Typo, New York Times Complains of “Crytpo” Miners"
description: "A typo in the New York Times was tweeted out by Twitter bots called New New York Times and NYTfirstsaid Context. The typro was \"crytpo\" instead of \"crypto.\""
date: "2022-06-10"
modified: "2022-06-10"
authors:
  - name: "Lonnie Lee Hood"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/ahood"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/new-york-times-prints-complaints-typo-crytpo-miners"
categories:
  - "Future Society"
tags:
  - "Media"
  - "new york times"
  - "the digest"
  - "twitter"
---

# In Hilarious Typo, New York Times Complains of “Crytpo” Miners

![A typo in the New York Times was tweeted out by Twitter bots called New New York Times and NYTfirstsaid Context. The typro was "crytpo" instead of "crypto."](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/new-york-times-prints-complaints-typo-crytpo-miners.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: Getty Images/Futurism\</em\>*

## Ink Bot

The *New York Times* invented a fun new word this week, accidentally calling crypto miners "crytpo" miners.

It's unclear whether the new phrase should be pronounced "krit-po" or "crite-po," but social media users are having a blast cracking wise at the [Gray Lady](<https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/06/reader-center/louis-silverstein-redesign.html>).

"When your copyeditor is just an NFT of a copyeditor," [quipped one netizen](<https://twitter.com/Izzy__Banks/status/1534377793051668482>).

## Clever Code

The proof is in the pudding, or in this case bot code. The typo was first spotted by [a bot called New New York Times](<https://twitter.com/NYT_first_said/status/1534289585567571973>) on Tuesday afternoon, an account that automatically tweets words when they first appear in the pages of the paper famous for the motto "[all the news that's fit to print](<https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-16918787>)."

One of the bot's [most famous posts is from 2019](<https://twitter.com/NYT_first_said/status/1111265789225635840?s=20&t=gGuZxerN30z-r47goCyzGg>), when the Times first printed the word "deadass."

A secondary automated account called NYTfirstsaid Context lets readers know where the new word appeared — in this case, [an article published Tuesday](<https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/07/nyregion/cryptomining-ban-ny.html>) about crypto miners fighting New York legislation aimed at curbing the blockchain's horrible effect on [the environment and climate change](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/crypto-miners-power-plant-co2>).

The typo was funny but innocuous. The same can't be said, however, for the allegations made in the actual story — crypto mining will indeed continue to consume [countries' worth of power](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/crypto-miners-buying-power-plants>) unless new regulation forces the industry to address energy and climate concerns.

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