Colby Serpa💡 on Nostr: Most people don’t realize this, but Merkle didn’t just make Merkle trees… he ...
Most people don’t realize this, but Merkle didn’t just make Merkle trees… he was the first to conceive of public-private key cryptography.
The idea of having two separate keys (one public and one private) is thanks to him. Respect to the true OGs.
GM ☕️
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"content": "Most people don’t realize this, but Merkle didn’t just make Merkle trees… he was the first to conceive of public-private key cryptography.\n\nThe idea of having two separate keys (one public and one private) is thanks to him. Respect to the true OGs.\n\nGM ☕️",
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