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Handling Broken cryptography and building a new one

Reuben Yap

Zcoin launched with the Zerocoin protocol, which was riddled with critical security issues. Reuben will talk through the team’s response to these and its development and research journey.

Summary

Cryptography and Privacy Technologies

This presentation examines cryptographic systems, encryption protocols, and privacy-preserving technologies. Topics include cipher analysis, protocol vulnerabilities, authentication mechanisms, key management, and the intersection of cryptography with real-world security applications.

(AI summary — Claude Haiku)

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