WTF IS CRYPTO?
This is an article about crypto. Most people think crypto is a gambling game like poker or blackjack. Maybe you can make some dirty fiat if you have skill at these gambling games such as memecoins, NFT's or video games on a blockchain. Most people will lose their assets. To be clear, THAT IS NOT WTF I AM WRITING ABOUT.
Cryptography is a branch of mathematics. This branch of math was once illegal in the United States. Dr. Adam Back, who discovered hashcash also created this shirt in protest.
He is now the CEO of Bockstream, which focuses on bitcoin infrastructure, but they also sell this shirt now.
Crypto Is Cryptography
Crypto means cryptography. Cryptography is used for
- Data Verification
- Secure communications
- VPN's
- Military Intelligence
- Journalism
- Secure Credit card processing
- Password protection
- Secure Wi-Fi Networks
- Bio-metric Authentication
- Healthcare
- Digital Signature verification.
- Disk Encryption
- HIPAA compliance
I could go on, and these things are all very interesting, but p2p electronic cash really turns my crank so that's what I'm using to show you what cryptography really means.
To be clear, CRYPTOGRAPHY MEANS SECRET WRITING.
An Example Of Secret Writing
Here is an example of some secret writing used in bitcoin, a peer-to-peer electronic cash system.
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