I have written an elementary tutorial and a first proof of concept about how to backdoor a block cipher in a quite general setting. Potentially it applies to any block cipher. Success is not guaranteed though, see the paper. ADDED 2 JAN 2019: a new paper shows that invariants of higher degree are substantially more powerful. …
A web page shows that many crypto currencies lack protection against 51% attacks. For example to double spend in Dash, one needs to pay only 14K$ per hour. To double spend in bitcoin private, 1000$ will suffice. And course benefits of double spending can easily outweigh the costs. In addition some of the higher numbers are questionable. There …
These companies (Facebook, Google, etc) known as Internet Giants violate our privacy everyday and they have corrupted our minds and our economy worldwide. They have built a totalitarian dystopian future which is here already, where humans and business alike are enslaved by a digital mafia which aims at controlling and taxing the whole global economy through mass surveillance and …
All owners of EOS must take these steps before June 1st, or they will lose their tokens [they will fail to transfer to the new blockchain]. US citizens are apparently unable to hold EOS tokens legally. 5 billion dollars is at risk of loss at the moment.
Written by UCL student Maxine Emuobosa: Beginners Guide. And here is another one made by UCL student Killian Davitt.
Professor Tomalczyk has educated 166 finalists of high school mathematical olimpiads in Poland.
Wicked, it seems that there is an epidemic of fake volume, and that it comes from China primarily. One way to see which crypto coins are NOT scams is to look at the source code dev statistics, here are some nice stats.
All you need to know in one page, see here.
A large number of UCL academics have yesterday started a large scale strike lasting for many weeks. These people are sacrificing their salary [UCL will cut their pay down] and there is a strong support for the strike. The strike is organised on the premises that our employer, UCL, are? cutting down their pension contributions or ending guaranteed income schemes …
Here it is, it covers primarily questions about regulation and investor protection. It stresses the fact that ICOs are transforming the way in which funding of new business ventures is done. Recommended for anyone interested in investing in ICOs or planning an ICO.