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In the referenced article (https://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram-9810.html#cipherdesign https://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram-9810.html#cipherdesign), he says: >
by infruset 13y ago
In the referenced article (https://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram-9810.html#cipherdesign https://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram-9810.html#cipherdesign), he says:
> Algorithms posted to Internet newsgroups by unknowns won't get a second glance.
It seems to me this would not be true of Bitcoin.
- hueving 13y agoBitcoin isn't a new crypto algorithm. It's a distributed ledger algorithm that uses well known crypto protocols. It didn't invent its own magical hashing algorithm or anything of the sort.