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Understand asymmetric encryption – AKA public key cryptography
For thousands of years the art of encryption consisted in hiding one secret from the enemy. By gaining access to this secret the opponent could decode the message and, perhaps, future messages encoded using the same key. Many complicated secret encodings were created, like the Vigenère cipher where the secret alphabet would change among several […] Who is Erik Voorhees? What is Erik Voorhees’ net worth?
Erik Voorhees (born 1985) is the founder and CEO of ShapeShift.io – an innovative and pioneering cryptocurrency exchange which allowed anonymous users to instantly exchange several pairs of cryptocurrencies. ShapeShift.io On ShapeShift’s original interface, users would automatically receive unique single-use deposit addresses. Cryptocurrency sent to that unique address would be automatically converted to another chosen […] Opinion: Will Tether blow up? [Dec 2017 Archive]
There is an elephant in the room in the cryptocurrency world and it’s called Tether. The concept of a cryptocurrency that is tied to the world’s reference fiat currency is very interesting indeed. But it has a very expensive requirement: for every unit of this cryptocurrency, there must be an equal unit in the reference […] ELI5 Don’t ever mix paper and electronic wallets!
Whatever cryptocurrency you might use, don’t ever mix paper and electronic wallets! In this article we give a ELI5 overview of paper wallets and what you need to know to keep your crypto safe from theft or accidental loss. Paper Wallets First, let’s take a quick look at how paper wallets work. Cryptocurrencies use what […]