Youssef El HousniZK-PAR 0X01Once upon a time, the entire Universe was inside a bubble that was thousands of times smaller than a pinhead. It was hotter and denser…Aug 15, 2019Aug 15, 2019
Youssef El HousniZEXE: Zero-knowledge EXEcutionZK Study club is a learning group where people from the zero-knowledge/Blockchain community gather to study a specific topic. There have…May 9, 2019May 9, 2019
Youssef El HousniShamir Secret Sharing — The magic 3S Spell“There are no more Horcruxes. It’s just you and me. Neither can live while the other survives, and one of us is about to leave for good…”Apr 2, 20191Apr 2, 20191
Youssef El HousniZero-Knowledge Summit — ZK0x03On March 22nd 2019, I attended the third edition of zero-knowledge summit ZK0x03 held at Berlin. The summit was organized by Anna Rose and…Mar 23, 2019Mar 23, 2019
Youssef El HousniEncryption using elliptic curvesIn my first post, we’ve seen that elliptic curves cryptography (ECC) was first introduced as a better alternative to public-key…Jan 3, 2019Jan 3, 2019
Youssef El HousniSecure Multi-Party Computation (SMPC)Not to toot my own horn here but when I was in high school I used to be quite popular :). I was moreover one of the least shy people I…Oct 22, 2018Oct 22, 2018
Youssef El HousniWhy elliptic curves are called “elliptic” ?Every name tells a story. If you ask new parents “how did you choose your baby’s name?” sometimes the response will be a vague “Oh she…Oct 14, 2018Oct 14, 2018
Youssef El HousniWhy do we use elliptic curves for cryptography?In the series of posts I am willing to write, I will try to answer technical questions I have been asking myself throughout my readings…Oct 7, 2018Oct 7, 2018