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Having Fun With BN-curves (https://medium.com/@billatnapier/having-fun-with-bn-curves-37fb5b816f67?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550925891700-digest.reader------0-59------------------088d65c6_154a_44d7_847b_8ac3be102da6-1§ionName=top)

A demonstration of key sharing BN-curves is here.
Prof Bill Buchanan OBE (https://medium.com/@billatnapier?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550925891700-digest.reader-------------------------088d65c6_154a_44d7_847b_8ac3be102da6)
in Coinmonks (https://medium.com/coinmonks?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550925891700-digest.reader-------------------------088d65c6_154a_44d7_847b_8ac3be102da6)
5 min read


If you're not Breaking Rules you're Doing it Wrong - Bittorrent Lessons for… (https://medium.com/@simonhmorris/if-youre-not-breaking-rules-you-re-doing-it-wrong-bittorrent-lessons-for-crypto-2-of-4-72c68227fe69?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550925891700-digest.reader------1-59------------------088d65c6_154a_44d7_847b_8ac3be102da6-1§ionName=top)

Following my first post on Why Bittorrent Mattered, it is worth reflecting a little on the popular theme of…
Simon Morris (https://medium.com/@simonhmorris?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550925891700-digest.reader-------------------------088d65c6_154a_44d7_847b_8ac3be102da6)
5 min read


Why Ethereum Architecture is Flawed (https://medium.com/@hugonguyen/why-ethereum-architecture-is-flawed-d4eefd15db3e?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550925891700-digest.reader------2-59------------------088d65c6_154a_44d7_847b_8ac3be102da6-1§ionName=top)

In its 3+ years of existence, Ethereum has seen no shortage of controversies. From the DAO hack, to the…
Hugo Nguyen (https://medium.com/@hugonguyen?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550925891700-digest.reader-------------------------088d65c6_154a_44d7_847b_8ac3be102da6)
5 min read


Divided We Fail: The Irrational Insanity of Crypto Tribalism (https://medium.com/@seven7hwave/divided-we-fail-the-irrational-insanity-of-crypto-tribalism-6acc54465769?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550925891700-digest.reader------3-59------------------088d65c6_154a_44d7_847b_8ac3be102da6-1§ionName=top)

Distributed computing can change the world for good, if we get out of our own way
Kent Barton (https://medium.com/@seven7hwave?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550925891700-digest.reader-------------------------088d65c6_154a_44d7_847b_8ac3be102da6)
8 min read

Best in Privacy

Apple Is Fighting a Good Fight Against Facebook and Google (https://medium.com/@dlberes/apple-is-fighting-a-good-fight-against-facebook-and-google-cd39b8a6b733?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550925891700-digest.reader------0-49------------------088d65c6_154a_44d7_847b_8ac3be102da6-11§ionName=topic)

But it can't win, exactly
Damon Beres (https://medium.com/@dlberes?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550925891700-digest.reader-------------------------088d65c6_154a_44d7_847b_8ac3be102da6)
4 min read


Configuring Your iPhone for Maximum Internet Privacy and Security: Web Browsing (https://medium.com/@TheTechTutor/configuring-your-iphone-for-maximum-internet-privacy-and-security-web-browsing-a7e72ecbf090?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550925891700-digest.reader------1-49------------------088d65c6_154a_44d7_847b_8ac3be102da6-11§ionName=topic)

How to protect your web browsing from privacy invasions and the surveillance state
David Koff (https://medium.com/@TheTechTutor?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550925891700-digest.reader-------------------------088d65c6_154a_44d7_847b_8ac3be102da6)
in Better Humans (https://medium.com/better-humans?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550925891700-digest.reader-------------------------088d65c6_154a_44d7_847b_8ac3be102da6)
17 min read


Inside Valerie Plame's Spy Convention (https://medium.com/@ninaburleigh/heres-what-happened-at-valerie-plame-s-spy-convention-cc58aab9435d?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550925891700-digest.reader------2-49------------------088d65c6_154a_44d7_847b_8ac3be102da6-11§ionName=topic)

Ex-CIA spooks clash over Russiagate while lunching on enchiladas
nina burleigh (https://medium.com/@ninaburleigh?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550925891700-digest.reader-------------------------088d65c6_154a_44d7_847b_8ac3be102da6)
13 min read

Best in Photography

Giving Back to the Community by Teaching the Trades (https://medium.com/@joshrose/the-fabricator-e3691a1518ac?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550925891700-digest.reader------0-49------------------088d65c6_154a_44d7_847b_8ac3be102da6-11§ionName=topic)

A welder and teacher, Jason Wasilewski runs the whole shop
Josh S. Rose (https://medium.com/@joshrose?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550925891700-digest.reader-------------------------088d65c6_154a_44d7_847b_8ac3be102da6)
12 min read


Why Oklahoma's Teacher Of The Year Joined the Teacher's Strike (https://medium.com/@joshrose/why-oklahomas-teacher-of-the-year-joined-the-teacher-s-strike-5382b33b141c?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550925891700-digest.reader------1-49------------------088d65c6_154a_44d7_847b_8ac3be102da6-11§ionName=topic)

What a Teacher of the Year learned from her school's walk out
Josh S. Rose (https://medium.com/@joshrose?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550925891700-digest.reader-------------------------088d65c6_154a_44d7_847b_8ac3be102da6)
11 min read


They Escaped the AIDS Epidemic and Found a Way to Give Back (https://medium.com/@taliaherman/they-escaped-the-aids-epidemic-and-found-away-to-give-back-fab5d4f98522?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550925891700-digest.reader------2-49------------------088d65c6_154a_44d7_847b_8ac3be102da6-11§ionName=topic)

Inside the town where a generation of LGBTQ San Franciscans sought refuge
Talia Herman (https://medium.com/@taliaherman?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550925891700-digest.reader-------------------------088d65c6_154a_44d7_847b_8ac3be102da6)
5 min read

Best in Music

John Green Is Ready To Love Everything He Loves (https://medium.com/@bsidechats/john-green-is-ready-to-love-everything-he-loves-da753a380d55?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550925891700-digest.reader------0-49------------------088d65c6_154a_44d7_847b_8ac3be102da6-11§ionName=topic)

The formative sounds of a best-selling American novelist
Kelly Stacy & Ashley Ford (https://medium.com/@bsidechats?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550925891700-digest.reader-------------------------088d65c6_154a_44d7_847b_8ac3be102da6)
10 min read


Applause from Medium Staff
Liz Phair On Writing After Midnight (https://medium.com/@stevenbjohnson/liz-phair-writing-after-midnight-a8d7b6348c8d?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550925891700-digest.reader------1-49------------------088d65c6_154a_44d7_847b_8ac3be102da6-11§ionName=topic)

The indie rock icon talks about her creative workflow, the emotional challenges of collaboration, and why…
Steven Johnson (https://medium.com/@stevenbjohnson?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550925891700-digest.reader-------------------------088d65c6_154a_44d7_847b_8ac3be102da6)
7 min read


Stan Culture Is Alive and Well on Long Island (https://medium.com/@amylombard/stan-culture-is-alive-and-well-on-long-island-e79adff1e30c?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550925891700-digest.reader------2-49------------------088d65c6_154a_44d7_847b_8ac3be102da6-11§ionName=topic)

A photographer infiltrates a Jimmy Buffett Parrothead tailgate party
Amy Lombard (https://medium.com/@amylombard?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550925891700-digest.reader-------------------------088d65c6_154a_44d7_847b_8ac3be102da6)
4 min read

Best in Sexuality

I'm a Celibate Sex Worker (https://medium.com/@antoniacrane/im-a-celibate-sex-worker-230f70425e12?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550925891700-digest.reader------0-49------------------088d65c6_154a_44d7_847b_8ac3be102da6-11§ionName=topic)

Sex work has given me personal agency. Romantic love and dating have often taken it away.
Antonia Crane (https://medium.com/@antoniacrane?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550925891700-digest.reader-------------------------088d65c6_154a_44d7_847b_8ac3be102da6)
9 min read


Beauty Is Broken (https://medium.com/@fashionpirate/beauty-is-broken-62dfd2be69df?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550925891700-digest.reader------1-49------------------088d65c6_154a_44d7_847b_8ac3be102da6-11§ionName=topic)

It's always been a man's possession - and that's why it failed.
Arabelle Sicardi (https://medium.com/@fashionpirate?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550925891700-digest.reader-------------------------088d65c6_154a_44d7_847b_8ac3be102da6)
in Matter (https://medium.com/matter?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550925891700-digest.reader-------------------------088d65c6_154a_44d7_847b_8ac3be102da6)
11 min read

Most read

One Rainy Night (https://medium.com/@pkuperart/one-rainy-night-44389dd9b91?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550925891700-digest.reader------0-62------------------088d65c6_154a_44d7_847b_8ac3be102da6-21§ionName=evergreen)

Excuse me, young man…
Peter Kuper (https://medium.com/@pkuperart?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550925891700-digest.reader-------------------------088d65c6_154a_44d7_847b_8ac3be102da6)
in Spiralbound (https://medium.com/spiralbound?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550925891700-digest.reader-------------------------088d65c6_154a_44d7_847b_8ac3be102da6)
2 min read


How to Make Your Phone Into an Ally, Not an Enemy (https://medium.com/@margie.mem/how-to-make-your-phone-into-an-ally-not-an-enemy-5e0f4302df6c?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550925891700-digest.reader------1-62------------------088d65c6_154a_44d7_847b_8ac3be102da6-21§ionName=evergreen)

Technology doesn't have to be an isolating force
Margaret Morris (https://medium.com/@margie.mem?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550925891700-digest.reader-------------------------088d65c6_154a_44d7_847b_8ac3be102da6)
6 min read


Can Silicon Valley 'Do Good'? (https://medium.com/@thomas_mac/silicon-valleys-business-of-giving-ca7dcd04e4c1?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550925891700-digest.reader------2-62------------------088d65c6_154a_44d7_847b_8ac3be102da6-21§ionName=evergreen)

A look at how tech titans approach the business of giving
Thomas McMullan (https://medium.com/@thomas_mac?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550925891700-digest.reader-------------------------088d65c6_154a_44d7_847b_8ac3be102da6)
9 min read

Editors' picks

I Caucused for Bernie in 2016. Here's Why I'm Worried About His 2020 Run. (https://medium.com/@emilypothast/i-caucused-for-bernie-in-2016-heres-why-i-m-worried-about-his-2020-run-59475dac4d1d?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550925891700-digest.reader------0-13------------------088d65c6_154a_44d7_847b_8ac3be102da6-6§ionName=suggested)

The last presidential election cycle was legitimately traumatic for a lot of people. 'Bernie Bros' were a big…
Emily Pothast (https://medium.com/@emilypothast?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550925891700-digest.reader-------------------------088d65c6_154a_44d7_847b_8ac3be102da6)
4 min read


Apple's Revenue Drop Was Inevitable (https://medium.com/@alex.stern/the-inevitability-of-apples-current-predicament-e946c1c90ba8?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550925891700-digest.reader------1-13------------------088d65c6_154a_44d7_847b_8ac3be102da6-6§ionName=suggested)

The iPhone is a premium product at peak innovation. There's nothing Apple could have done.
Alex Stern (https://medium.com/@alex.stern?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550925891700-digest.reader-------------------------088d65c6_154a_44d7_847b_8ac3be102da6)
5 min read


Why I'm No Longer Jealous of My Beautiful Friends (https://medium.com/@nicole.d.peeler/why-im-no-longer-jealous-of-my-beautiful-friends-cea65f710e35?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550925891700-digest.reader------2-13------------------088d65c6_154a_44d7_847b_8ac3be102da6-6§ionName=suggested)

I used to believe my love life was cursed. Then I told myself a different story.
Nicole Peeler (https://medium.com/@nicole.d.peeler?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550925891700-digest.reader-------------------------088d65c6_154a_44d7_847b_8ac3be102da6)
in Human Parts (https://medium.com/human-parts?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550925891700-digest.reader-------------------------088d65c6_154a_44d7_847b_8ac3be102da6)
8 min read

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