Merkle Helps Rebuild Our World of Trust — Again!

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You can call it what you want … blockchain or DLT … I only see the Merkle Tree and public key signing. But we now face a major problem in that the methods which are used to sign for transactions on the blockchain are at risk from the rise of quantum computers. We thus need signing methods which will not be cracked in a post-quantum computing world. And, so, again, we turn to the genius of Ralph Merkle…

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Prof Bill Buchanan OBE FRSE
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Professor of Cryptography. Serial innovator. Believer in fairness, justice & freedom. Based in Edinburgh. Old World Breaker. New World Creator. Building trust.