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Former elected moderator of Bitcoin.SE. I have a PhD in cryptography (mathematics) from the University of Auckland in New Zealand, and am an ex-maintainer of Bitcoin Core. I have a background in computer science, software development, abstract mathematics, competitive programming, and cyber security.

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Is it possible to compute the y-coordinate of a point on SECP256K1, given only the x-coordinate
Jan 27, 2022
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Why is this function bijective?
Mar 11, 2022
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AES Key vs RSA Key
Jan 23, 2022
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How to find the public key in a digital certificate
Feb 4, 2022
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What's the meaning of without loss of generality in cryptography?
Mar 5, 2022
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Is a perfect hash function the same concept as a collision-resistant hash function?
Mar 24, 2022
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Using same private key for both X25519 and ECDSA (using curve25519)
Feb 4, 2022
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Are there infinite signatures that i can produce for a given message using a given private key?
Feb 16, 2022
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RSA Vulnerability when the Encrypted M is not coprime with N
Mar 4, 2022
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Prover cost of QAP based zkSnark
Jan 23, 2022
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The Bitcoin.it wiki says addresses do not carry balances...but all info suggests otherwise
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Derivation of parent private key from non-hardened child
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Does BIP39 mnemonic construction avoid repeating words?
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Why is it harder to compute nonce for a hash with a certain number zero prefixes than it is for any other hash?
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What is a millisatoshi? I thought satoshi is the smallest unit?