For the second year in a row, a flagship cryptography conference in Europe has devoted an entire session to blockchain technology. It was a sign that cryptographers, who once struggled to take the ...

What do the Gallic Wars and online shopping have in common? The answer, believe it or not, is cryptography. Cryptography is the cement of the digital world, but it also has a long history that ...

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The major selling point of blockchain and its applications is that cryptographically secured distributed ledgers are virtually “unbreakable” under normal circumstances, given the current state of ...

When others learn of Bitcoin, they view it as a virtual money or investment tool. But behind its price graphs and headlines is a groundbreaking technology that has altered the way we think about money ...