Cryptography News

For all we don't know about Satoshi, we can tell he loved a touch of theatricality

Mina applies zk-SNARKs to Cardano's Ouroboros consensus to achieve scalability and decentralization.

Aztec 2.0 is both a scaling and privacy solution rolled into one.

A Proof of Concept security token transfer involving BNP Paribas and Curv could lead to integrated crypto custody solutions.

While Hal Finney may no longer be with us, one of his proposals from 2011 may soon find its way to Bitcoin thanks to an expired patent.

One of the men who coined the term "proof-of-work" to join as chief scientist

Adam Back recalls Hal as a constructive personality who never engaged in squabbles.

Celebrity Ashton Kutcher has digitized and incinerated a drawing that will be auctioned on NFT marketplace Cryptograph to support ecological charities.

Luxury car company Rolls Royce announced a line of cars hosting blockchain puzzles, shortly after Lamborghini revealed a yacht.

Okamoto explains why his “electronic cash” patent may have presented obstacles to Hal Finney’s plans to make his own electronic currency.

According to one of the world’s leading cryptographers, Bitcoin’s elliptic curve could have a secret backdoor, invalidating all underlying security.

Scientists in China managed to exchange a crypto key at a distance of over 1,000 kilometers, could this lead to hackerproof cryptography?

Charles Hoskinson believes that this complex cryptographic technique could have helped avoid the Bitcoin Civil War that led to the formation of Bitcoin Cash.

Jean-Jacques Quisquater, a legendary cryptographer cited in the Bitcoin Whitepaper, discussed building the first blockchain.

Video conferencing app Zoom, the undisputed titan in an era of social distancing, has acquired end-to-end encryption start-up Keybase.