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Cryptography Algorithms

You're reading from   Cryptography Algorithms A guide to algorithms in blockchain, quantum cryptography, zero-knowledge protocols, and homomorphic encryption

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789617139
Length 358 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Massimo Bertaccini Massimo Bertaccini
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: A Brief History and Outline of Cryptography
2. Chapter 1: Deep Diving into Cryptography FREE CHAPTER 3. Section 2: Classical Cryptography (Symmetric and Asymmetric Encryption)
4. Chapter 2: Introduction to Symmetric Encryption 5. Chapter 3: Asymmetric Encryption 6. Chapter 4: Introducing Hash Functions and Digital Signatures 7. Section 3: New Cryptography Algorithms and Protocols
8. Chapter 5: Introduction to Zero-Knowledge Protocols 9. Chapter 6: New Algorithms in Public/Private Key Cryptography 10. Chapter 7: Elliptic Curves 11. Chapter 8: Quantum Cryptography 12. Section 4: Homomorphic Encryption and the Crypto Search Engine
13. Chapter 9: Crypto Search Engine 14. Other Books You May Enjoy

The genesis of the MB09 algorithm

When I started project MB09 and, consequently, MBXI, at the time, I didn't know which applications they would be suitable for. In fact, I didn't know whether they would have any application in cryptography or cybersecurity.

Between 2007 and 2008, I decided to start applying for my first patent, the system that later I called MB09. At the time, I was studying some problems related to digital payments, and the goal was to implement an algorithm that could fit this kind of environment. When I finally completed the application for MB09, it was June 12, 2009. It is likely that at that time, only a few people knew about a new wave in crypto-finance guided by a group of cyber-punks and crypto-anarchists. This new wave was rising as one of the most innovative technologies invented in the 21st century.

With their headquarters in an artistic, funky building inside a pseudo-hotel located at 20 Mission Street in the heart of San Francisco, the...

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