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> I used to ride on the crypto hype train. What crypto hype train? Most crypto, such as AES, RSA, Mersenne Twister and the SHA series of hashing algorithms we
by 394549 8y ago
> I used to ride on the crypto hype train.
What crypto hype train? Most crypto, such as AES, RSA, Mersenne Twister and the SHA series of hashing algorithms were very carefully designed and vetted over a long period by professionals. There's not much hype there, just solid technology. That cryptocurrency thing seems to attract scam artists like moths to a flame, though.
> The point is many crypto businesses screwed people over
Like RSA making the backdoored Dual_EC_DRBG the default RNG in BSafe?
- bdamm 8y agoTime to just accept that "crypto" means cryptocurrencies and also cryptography, and interpret the context to understand which is being spoken. Here it is clearly cryptocurrencies. Moving on...
- EpicEng 8y agoAre you being purposely obtuse?
- pmlnr 8y agoYou're looking for the word: cryptography. Neither cryptocurrencies nor cryptography are, by definition, the only crypto.