Blockchain 101 – Elliptical Curve Cryptography
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Blockchain 101 – Elliptical Curve Cryptography
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Re: Blockchain 101 – Elliptical Curve Cryptography
#2The author incorrectly calling them "elliptical curves" is like nails on a chalkboard. An "elliptical" is an exercise machine or an adjective used to describe something shaped like an ellipse. The set of points in a field satisfying an equation of the form y^2 = x^3 + ax + b (which set, when enlarged to include the point at infinity and associated with the point addition group law, forms an abelian group) is an "elliptic curve".
Re: Blockchain 101 – Elliptical Curve Cryptography
#3The author incorrectly calling them "elliptical curves" is like nails on a chalkboard. An "elliptical" is an exercise machine or an adjective used to describe something shaped like an ellipse. The set of points in a field satisfying an equation of the form y^2 = x^3 + ax + b (which set, when enlarged to include the point at infinity and associated with the point addition group law, forms an abelian group) is an "elli…
Maybe they'll modify it.
Paxos is an enterprise private blockchain snake oil company, but nobody there even knows it. When asked how they solve problems X, Y and Z, it turns out they have a blog article about how they haven't invented the solution yet. Tall order. Maybe commissions on their itBit exchange will keep them solvent enough to keep trying.
Re: Blockchain 101 – Elliptical Curve Cryptography
#4The author incorrectly calling them "elliptical curves" is like nails on a chalkboard. An "elliptical" is an exercise machine or an adjective used to describe something shaped like an ellipse. The set of points in a field satisfying an equation of the form y^2 = x^3 + ax + b (which set, when enlarged to include the point at infinity and associated with the point addition group law, forms an abelian group) is an "elli…
They might have seen your comment, as it's since been updated.
Re: Blockchain 101 – Elliptical Curve Cryptography
#5This is an excellent and rare ECC primer in that it's aimed at software developers not mathematicians. I know what python looks like, whereas I don't know every mathematical symbol. Bookmarking.
Re: Blockchain 101 – Elliptical Curve Cryptography
#6The author incorrectly calling them "elliptical curves" is like nails on a chalkboard. An "elliptical" is an exercise machine or an adjective used to describe something shaped like an ellipse. The set of points in a field satisfying an equation of the form y^2 = x^3 + ax + b (which set, when enlarged to include the point at infinity and associated with the point addition group law, forms an abelian group) is an "elli…
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Re: Blockchain 101 – Elliptical Curve Cryptography
#7This is an excellent and rare ECC primer in that it's aimed at software developers not mathematicians. I know what python looks like, whereas I don't know every mathematical symbol. Bookmarking.
weird i would have thought the other way around would be better... more people know maths than pythons
Re: Blockchain 101 – Elliptical Curve Cryptography
#8This is an excellent and rare ECC primer in that it's aimed at software developers not mathematicians. I know what python looks like, whereas I don't know every mathematical symbol. Bookmarking.
weird i would have thought the other way around would be better... more people know maths than pythons
Not at university level, where you'll get most of the symbols you'll see in a typical crypto primer.