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Frankly the only concern I ever had about bitcoin was about quantum computers being able to break the encryption.
Let me explain:
Bitcoin only does one thing basically, and that is proof of work. It does that by solving a complicated algorithm called SHA-256.
Why am I even reading something from people who don't understand the basics of asymetric cryptography.
Signatures != Encryption != Hashing. They might all be mathematical schemes and have something to do with prime factorization, Decisional Diffie–Hellman assumption and Discrete logarithm/Elliptic Curve. But they are not the same thing.
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You explain it then. With words people can understand.
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Signatures: Like pen&paper signatures irl. Everyone can verify it, only you can make it.
**Encryption:**In asymmetric setting (like e.g. bitcoin) Everyone can make something only you can decrypt.
Breaking encryption doesn't help an attacker steal your bitcoin - he could at most spy on what you are doing which doesn't help him since the blockchain is public either way - it would be like stealing a newspaper from a mailman.
Hashing: Nothing about hashing is secret. In the context of bitcoin hashing is just a challenge that is public, everyone knows the challenge, finding a solution takes trying out a lot of things and if a solution is found it is easy for everyone to find a solution.
In practice signatures and encryption are based on the same mathematical problems which can be summarized as "different kinds of magic with prime numbers".
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