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Bonus: The Crypto Story by Matt Levine - Part 2

Bloomberg Crypto

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The Basics of Cryptocurrency

With public key encryption, no one needs to share the secret key. Imagine a simple banking system in which bank accounts are public. That's the basic idea at the heart of Bitcoin. A related idea is a digital signature. I send you a digitally signed message saying, here's $50.

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