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Cryptography for Dummies (Part 4: Cryptosystems and Uses of Cryptography)

28 Dec 2022 10 minute read 0 comments Great White Snark

In Part one, I covered some terminology and the different categories of ciphers. In Part two, I covered hashes (used in a large part of the modern Web, including blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies). In Part three, I covered the various ways t...

Notes on Cryptography for Dummies (Part 2: Hashes)

20 Dec 2022 4 minute read 4 comments Great White Snark

In part one, I covered some terminology and the different categories of ciphers. This part part picks up where that left off. The Basics (Continued) Part one got quite lengthy (as this part no doubt will) without completely covering the basics of cry...

Notes on Cryptography for Dummies (Part 1)

19 Dec 2022 7 minute read 0 comments Great White Snark

I know a little about cryptography and related practices (encryption & decryption, hashing, encoding & decoding). However, my knowledge is limited to how to use certain libraries in certain programming languages (AES in PHP and JavaScript, Bouncy Cas...

If cryptography is outlawed, bayl bhgynjf jvyy unir cevinpl

19 Dec 2022 3 minute read 1 comment Great White Snark

"If cryptography is outlawed, only outlaws will have privacy." Fortunately, all outlaws and terrorists are law-abiding citizens and therefore have no objection to having their mail intercepted, stored and analysed! ๐Ÿ˜‹ If you think that using WhatsA...

In a Nutshell: Secure Multi-Party Computation

12 Dec 2022 1 minute read 0 comments Basher17

Secure multi-party computation (MPC) is a method for allowing multiple parties to compute a function on their inputs without revealing those inputs to each other. This allows for the execution of complex computations in a secure and private manner, m...

In a Nutshell: Quantum Key Distribution (QKD)

8 Dec 2022 1 minute read 0 comments Basher17

Quantum key distribution, also known as quantum cryptography, is a method of securely transmitting information using the principles of quantum mechanics. This technology allows two parties, typically referred to as Alice and Bob, to communicate over...

Food, drinks, chain-analysis and post-quantum crypto at The LAB!

17 Nov 2022 4 minute read 2 comments Feax21

It has been a while since my last post here in #Publish0x on my thoughts about Satoshi Nakamoto Part A and Part B, and although i was away from the platform and from publishing articles, I wasn't completely away from the crypto-world. I guess it is...

Quantum Computing Threat to Cryptocurrencies?

20 Oct 2022 3 minute read 0 comments Debesh Choudhury

Quantum computing is coming. It is good that quantum computing is still in the "coming" stage. The day when a meaningful quantum computer is a reality, the FinTech world may face catastrophic devastation. Present-day cryptography, which relies on th...

Here all your questions have an answer: What is blockchain and how does it work?

11 Oct 2022 6 minute read 0 comments elena_did

You can't call yourself a crypto investor if you don't know about this by now: Blockchain technology for all (overview) ย  Crypto industry is revolutionizing the actual financial system whatever you want to believe it or not. It is a fact that sooner...

How to Shield Transactions with ZCash (ZEC)

19 Aug 2022 2 minute read 4 comments Great White Snark

"The Zcash value proposition is in private transactions. However, private transactions are not the default and many users simply do not know how to initially create shielded (private) transactions, aka a โ€œtโ€ => โ€œzโ€.โ€ƒโ€” How to Shield Your ZEC; Coin.FY...