Right now there are thousands of computers connected to the Internet, dutifully calculating SHA-256 hashes and sending their results to other peers on the Bitcoin network. There’s a tremendous amount ...

Understanding Bitcoin is a one-way hash function should make sense because a hash function cannot be reversed. Once you understand that, it is hard to go back to thinking otherwise. The secure hash ...

Every crypto gambler faces the same question. Is this game actually fair? A provably fair casino gives players a way to check. It doesn’t ask for trust. It offers math instead. And that math runs on ...

Understanding the Quantum Computing Threat to Bitcoin The world of cryptocurrency has long been praised for its robust security based ...

Members can download this article in PDF format. In the last two articles, we covered the basic concepts and two basic types of cryptography. In this article, we will look at specific implementation ...