David Schwartz

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I am OpenCoin's Chief Cryptographer and one of the architects of the Ripple payment system.

I live in California's Gold Country, east of Sacramento.

Bitcoin: 1Gonhezk1ScHaFqUSYH9VQThaDS4PJSq1o

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56 Answers

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35	Is modern encryption needlessly complicated?
25	Is Convergent Encryption really secure?
17	Why programming languages don't provide simple encryption methods?
13	Could one prevent double spending in decentralized digital currencies (like Bitcoin) without all transactions being public?
9	Would it be secure to use random numbers from random.org in a cryptographic solution?

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+10	Why programming languages don't provide simple encryption methods?
+20	How does asymmetric encryption work?
+10	Is Convergent Encryption really secure?
+10	How can a key pair be derived from an arbitrary hash?

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6 Questions

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8	Making ECDSA public keys one bit shorter
6	Compressing EC private keys
5	Proof of work scheme with one and only one correct answer
3	Signature scheme with two private keys, neither derivable from the other
2	Algorithm to securely exchange identities

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106 encryption × 16	24 convergent-encryption × 2
43 random-number-generator × 3	22 hash × 12
36 randomness × 2	22 bitcoin × 5
35 stream-cipher	19 keys × 6
25 protocol-design × 7	18 public-key × 11

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