Cryptography

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The Future of Cryptographic Security in the Age of Quantum
How blockchain technology can thrive in an age of quantum computing.
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CIA's New Research Lab to Study Blockchain
CIA Labs will give officers an outlet to patent and profit from their tech inventions.
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How a Decentralized Randomness Beacon Could Boost Cryptographic Security
Filecoin will be the first protocol to use this production-ready version of drand to create decentralized, verifiable randomness for “leader selection.”
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4 Experts Agree: Craig Wright's Latest Cryptography Claims Are 'Nonsense'
We asked four expert cryptographers about Craig Wright’s “cryptographic evidence” that he is Bitcoin’s creator Satoshi Nakamoto. They aren't buying it.
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Researchers Surface Privacy Vulnerabilities in Bitcoin Lightning Network Payments
Privacy holes in the Lightning Network, a bitcoin transaction settlement layer, are leaking payment information.
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China's Congress Passes Cryptography Law, Effective Jan. 1, 2020
While China still bans cryptocurrency trading, cryptography could be key to the country’s national push to be more competitive in the blockchain industry.
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What Google's 'Quantum Supremacy' Means for the Future of Cryptocurrency
Quantum computing could break bitcoin. Here's how researchers from government and academia are trying to future-proof blockchain technology.
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Facebook's Libra Lacks Foundational Components for Crypto Key Security
After a review of documentation for the Libra protocol and its planned ecosystem, Steven Sprague believes Facebook left out key security components.
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MIT's 'Fiat Cryptography' System Automates the Process of Securing Almost Anything
Gone are the days of manual encryption as MIT researchers create a way to automatically generate security algorithms.
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MPC Explained: The Bold New Vision for Securing Crypto Money
Cryptography advances are converging to help developers bring blockchain uses to their core decentralizing principles, writes Michael J. Casey.
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