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OG
An early participant or long-time familiar face in a crypto project or community.
PLAIN-ENGLISH DEFINITION
In more detail
OG comes from original gangster and is used as a nod to someone who was there early. A Bitcoin OG might have used the network before it was widely known; a project's OG might have joined its first community. It is an informal badge, with no universal cutoff date or guarantee of expertise.
IN THE WILD
How you might use it
She's an OG from the early testnet days and still answers newcomer questions in the chat.
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