building @axelarcore. crypto(graphy), algorithms, dist systems. prof @uwaterloo, @MIT PhD. pr: @algorand, @IBM. (RTs and likes are not investment advice)
Oct 27, 2021 • 8 tweets • 1 min read
Prediction: Users and developers will care even more about decentralized systems, but not for the reasons you think. Here’s the gist:
Blockchains are inherently open systems. Anyone can deploy an app, become a user, or build on other people’s work.
Oct 12, 2021 • 23 tweets • 4 min read
Almost "everything" you need to know about fully homomorphic encryption and how it can solve (at least some) of our data privacy problems.
The problem was first introduced by Rivest, Adleman, and Dertouzos all the way back in 1978. luca-giuzzi.unibs.it/corsi/Support/…
Oct 6, 2021 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
Have you ever wondered why Threshold ECDSA is painful, Threshold Schnorr is straightforward, and Threshold BLS is trivial? Here's an informal explanation:
Everything comes down to the complexity of the signing equation for each scheme.
All secrets in all schemes are typically distributed across users using Shamir's secret sharing techniques. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamir%27…
