13 | Neha Narula on Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, and the Future of the Internet
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas
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Public Key Cryptography Is Critical for Security
Publiccryptography is critical for security, a, for hiding information and for proving the integrity of information. The way that it's used in crypto currencies is as follows: people have a private key and a public key,. You can generate these on your computer, sort of randomly. And so ya, you're kind of out of luck. If you happen to lose it, or some one steals it, they can steal your money, um, which is kind of a bummer.
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