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"I think crypto will slowly percolate its way up and people will adopt it gradually as user friendly, cheap products, become available."
- Neal Stephenson

Teleray  
  Destruction over great distances.  

First use that I know about.

Rane, Granite Point, Earth. Give you two minutes to send power tone. Reception vital or we cannot proceed. If you do not reply at the end of that time we will blast you through our four-dimensional teleray. Remember we are in wave-length contact with you. You are no doubt aware by now that this is an expedition of war. In this respect we promise you complete safety to yourself. We are desirous only of complete conquest of Earth, which will then be placed under our government as a planetary possession. We did not lie when we stated that Dromeda, the most beautiful woman in Lirius, is aboard this transport as a passenger. If you obey all instructions and dp as we order, we promise you her hand in marriage, also high position in Lilian court circle plus large share of loot. Give you two minutes to send power tone. If not heard at the end of that interval, we discharge teleray into your station. You cannot escape.
Technovelgy from Cosmic Teletype, by Carl Jacobi.
Published by Thrilling Wonder Stories in 1938
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This word was also used in the sense of a spy-ray, as in I Remember Lemuria (1945) by Richard S. Shaver, in Amazing Stories:

We dared not think of our true purpose; and I knew that at least the two Elder escorts were aware of what had brewed in my mind and would back me up when the time came. Wc thought only of our (.(oming adveiilure, and tried to feel the delight of it so that even our emotions would register true to any spying teleray that sought us out to check on our motives.

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