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by tuxxy 9y ago
>confirm ground truth I'm not a philosopher, but I do enjoy reading and learning about post modernism. Isn't a large point of this book that you actually can't confirm a "ground truth"?
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by tuxxy 9y ago
Mind sharing some or a place to get started in learning them?
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by tuxxy 9y ago
The application doesn't know if the username you entered is actually yours or someone else's. You could provide the correct password to your account 'test', but not 'ttest'. The server just tells you to check b
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by tuxxy 9y ago
Typically, yes. This post didn't really offer any new insight to this. Maybe it's a PSA? Either way, it completely depends on the site's threat model. In the case of GitHub, it's quite useless because a user can just go
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by tuxxy 9y ago
Honestly, this sounds like the blog of a borderline schizophrenic or delusional person. I'm sure he's a very capable developer, but this just doesn't sound... sane. Edit: Okay, after reading his "About me" page, I h
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by tuxxy 9y ago
If I'm not mistaken, too, the $2Bn investment is just the beginning. The attacker would also have to cover the costs of at least 51% of the energy used in the network - much less find somewhere they can use that much energy without som
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by tuxxy 9y ago
Be rest assured that this is NOT a common practice. This is clearly someone trying to save face over a practically trivial break in their hashing function.
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by tuxxy 9y ago
Have you seen how much processing power is in the Bitcoin network? Do you know how expensive an attack like this would be? By the way, you can only double spend with the 51% attack.
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by tuxxy 9y ago
Considering that the proprietary and centralized component of IOTA is the reason that it doesn't need a blockchain... well, I'll just say avoid it. Not to mention the cryptographic vulnerabilities and how the dev team responded to
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by tuxxy 9y ago
Can it be weaponized? Yes? Then it's not "crying wolf".
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by tuxxy 9y ago
The Python reference implementation is what we have as far as public information on the schema. We're working on getting a paper drafted up and published quickly, though.
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by tuxxy 9y ago
We wanted something that had well used backing and primitives (cryptography.io) and something that could prototype cryptosystems. As it stands, there isn't much in the Python universe here for this unless you're willing to dabble
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by tuxxy 9y ago
Hey there! Glad to see you give this background on this library. I built this because I was prototyping a split-key proxy re-encryption scheme with cryptography.io and I needed to perform some of this arithmetic. I found that a PR was made
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Show HN: Hazmat Math – Elliptic curve arithmetic for Cryptography.io objects(github.com)
33 points by tuxxy 9y ago|6 comments
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by tuxxy 9y ago
This. The FUD surrounding this is built upon a poor understanding of how these algorithms are implemented in Bitcoin.
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by tuxxy 9y ago
I think I remember seeing a medium article speculating that the NSA has done this. Found it: https://medium.com/cryptomuse/how-the-nsa-caught-satoshi-nak...
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by tuxxy 9y ago
Hardware wallets work by giving you a 24 word seed to recover it if lost, stolen, or broken. People store them in safety deposit boxes or do a variety of security rituals to keep them safe. It's not as difficult as you make it out to b
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by tuxxy 9y ago
Shout out to the Broadway Theater! Awesome independent films and great community. If you like the Alamo Drafthouse, next time you're in SLC check out Brewvies.
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by tuxxy 9y ago
FYI, I think I see you using the P-256 curve in this project. Word of warning, this is not Bitcoin's curve. This is a NIST curve. The library you're using (fastecdsa) has secp256k1 available to use, if that's what you want to
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by tuxxy 9y ago
Banning ICOs would, quite literally, be impossible.
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by tuxxy 9y ago
Yup. Once this happened, I immediately lost complete faith in IOTA. Not to mention, their response to this was horrible.
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by tuxxy 9y ago
This is pretty neat. Anyone know how well these run Arch Linux? I tried out a new Dell XPS, but it didn't handle Arch very well..
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Certicom Elliptic Curve Cryptography Tutorial(certicom.com)
1 points by tuxxy 9y ago|0 comments
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by tuxxy 9y ago
This is a unique idea that I haven't heard before. Any idea what these 'banks' might use the Bitcoin for? With the upcoming Lightning Network additions, this might make an interesting use case where "decentralized banks&
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by tuxxy 9y ago
A person who is close to me has went through something similar. I would admonish that you get a lawyer ASAP and talk out your options. This needs to be handled legally before someone does something they regret.
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by tuxxy 9y ago
I'm not very keen on these things, but I do understand some of nuclear physics and the reactions thereof. Maybe I'm in over my head, but how come satellites made for detecting radiation or nuclear explosions didn't pick up on
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by tuxxy 9y ago
This. I worked at a small ISP in Utah called XMission a while ago. We were pushing net neutrality hard when it came up last time. We didn't seem at all worried about the barrier for entry and growth.
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It gave me a 503 door when I clicked "Join Us"
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by tuxxy 9y ago
Even if this was law, it would be trivial to bypass. This type of law isn't just tyrannical, it's impossible to enforce. So, you're 100% absolutely right in saying it would be selectively enforced. Every tech founder needs to
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by tuxxy 9y ago
Have a high schooler generate a one time pad. Unbreakable security in a simple system based on relatively simple mathematical concepts.

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