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Blockchain 101 – Elliptical Curve Cryptography
- swordswinger12 9y agoThe author incorrectly calling them "elliptical curves" is like nails on a chalkboard. An "elliptical" is an exercise machine or an adjective used to describe something shaped like an ellipse. The set of points in a field satisfying an equation of the form y^2 = x^3 + ax + b (which set, when enlarged to include the point at infinity and associated with the point addition group law, forms an abelian group) is an "elliptic curve".
- ringaroundthetx 9y agoMaybe they'll modify it. Paxos is an enterprise private blockchain snake oil company, but nobody there even knows it. When asked how they solve problems X, Y and Z, it turns out they have a blog article about how they haven't invented the solution yet. Tall order. Maybe commissions on their itBit exchange will keep them solvent enough to keep trying.
- ranc1d 9y agoThey might have seen your comment, as it's since been updated.
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- nailer 9y agoThis is an excellent and rare ECC primer in that it's aimed at software developers not mathematicians. I know what python looks like, whereas I don't know every mathematical symbol. Bookmarking.
- moocowtruck 9y agoweird i would have thought the other way around would be better... more people know maths than pythons
- nailer 9y agoNot at university level, where you'll get most of the symbols you'll see in a typical crypto primer.