15 CRYPTOCURRENCY CRYPTOGRAPHY
This chapter wasn’t in the initial edition of this book when it came out in fall 2017, a period when cryptocurrency and blockchain were at peak hype. While blockchain hasn’t quite lived up to its promises of disrupting several industries, it has profoundly influenced cryptographic research and engineering. Blockchain applications have brought new exciting problems, attracted fresh talent, and offered a novel way to bridge theory and practice.
Before “crypto” became synonymous with cryptocurrency, cryptographic algorithms and protocols largely pertained to standard functionalities such as encryption and secure ...
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