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You've got it backwards, "crypto" is cryptography which is where all of this comes from. "Blockchain" is just a clever combination of ECDSA, Merkle trees and pa

You've got it backwards, "crypto" is cryptography which is where all of this comes from. "Blockchain" is just a clever combination of ECDSA, Merkle trees and partial hash inversion that has proven useful to implement decentralized digital cash. I think we would be better served by looking at existing real-world problems with fresh eyes to see if cryptography can provide unique solutions, rather than taking one particular protocol template and assuming it can be used for almost anything.

tromp 7y ago
> "crypto" is cryptography It ought to be, and it used to be, but unfortunately it's been hijacked by the cryptocurrency community to such an extent that it's become increasingly ambiguous. > ECDSA or, preferrably, Schnorr signatures. > partial hash inversion There's more to mining than hashing [1]. [1] https://cryptorials.io/beyond-hashcash-proof-work-theres-mining-hashing/ https://cryptorials.io/beyond-hashcash-proof-work-theres-min...