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How Many Lines Of Code Is Bitcoin

Bitcoin is a digital asset and a payment system invented by Satoshi Nakamoto. Transactions are verified by network nodes through cryptography and recorded in a public dispersed ledger called a blockchain. Bitcoin is unique in that there are a finite number of them: 21 million. Bitcoins are created as a reward for a process known […]

Cryptographers Aren With How Word Crypto

Cryptographers are up in arms about a new Microsoft Word feature that converts text to what it calls “crypto.” The feature, which is turned on by default, replaces certain words with a random string of numbers and letters, making them difficult to read. Cryptographers argue that the feature makes it difficult to understand text that […]