How to buy your first Bitcoin 20.9.2017 Exchanges… You want to start out by deciding on the exchange you want to be with. There are hundreds of exchanges out there, but we recommend Coinbase. We invite you to try Coinbase, and get $10 of free bitcoin! Click Here Coinbase is very reputa…… Read More
What is a Fat Finger trade 20.9.2017 A large drop in price, this drop is caused by someone with a mass amount of a particular coin who executes a “market sell” also known as sell until this “sucker” (coin) is sold. The result of this is often dramatic, but fast, drop in price….… Read More
Fast-key-erasure random-number generators 26.7.2017 An effort to clean up several messes simultaneously. #rng #forwardsecrecy #urandom #cascade #hmac #rekeying #proofs… Read More
Benchmarking post-quantum cryptography 19.7.2017 News regarding the SUPERCOP benchmarking system, and more recommendations to NIST. #benchmarking #supercop #nist #pqcrypto… Read More
Some challenges in post-quantum standardization 31.10.2016 My comments to NIST on the first draft of their call for submissions. #standardization #nist #pqcrypto… Read More
The death of due process 7.6.2016 A few notes on technology-fueled normalization of lynch mobs targeting both the accuser and the accused. #ethics #crime #punishment… Read More
Security fraud in Europe’s “Quantum Manifesto” 16.5.2016 How quantum cryptographers are stealing a quarter of a billion Euros from the European Commission. #qkd #quantumcrypto #quantummanifesto… Read More
Thomas Jefferson and Apple versus the FBI 15.3.2016 Can the government censor how-to books? What if some of the readers are criminals? What if the books can be understood by a computer? An introduction to freedom of speech for software publishers. #censorship #firstamendment #instructions #software #enc…… Read More
Break a dozen secret keys, get a million more for free 20.11.2015 Batch attacks are often much more cost-effective than single-target attacks. #batching #economics #keysizes #aes #ecc #rsa #dh #logjam… Read More
The death of optimizing compilers 14.3.2015 Abstract of my tutorial at ETAPS 2015. #etaps #compilers #cpuevolution #hotspots #optimization #domainspecific #returnofthejedi… Read More