Ep007: What Is Cryptography and How Do Blockchains Use It?

Update: 2018-08-07

Description

In this episode of The CBP Nicholas and Daniel get technical. Today they'll explore the world of cryptography to help shed light on its importance as the backbone of blockchain, as well as some of the actual mechanics of cryptographic functionality.

Topic - What is cryptography and how do blockchains use it?
Blockchain Cryptography Explained
Cryptography for Cryptocurrency
How secure is 256 bit security?
Explain Like I’m 5: Zero Knowledge Proof
On Zero-Knowledge Proofs in Blockchains
What are zk-SNARKs?

Comments (1)

Damir Miljkovic

This is great episode. Maybe you should do one explaining how new node discovers other nodes, what is electrum server and how to use it. Also talk a bit about SPV.

Dec 19th

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