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Crypto HNQ

14:57

I am an undergraduate (grade three). I am confused about the cryptanalysis. Because a lot people say that the modern ciphers are complete and they can't be cracked. Maybe the prospects for cryptanalysis are bleak?

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Crypto HNQ

21:46

Q: Why is the bilinearity of an elliptic curve pairing shown as multiplicative rather than additive?

In vitalik's post the below is mentioned, This is the pairing. Mathematicians also sometimes call it a bilinear map; the word “bilinear” here basically means that it satisfies the constraints: $e(P, Q + R) = e(P, Q) * e(P, R)$ $e(P + S, Q) = e(P, Q) * e(S, Q)$ Whereas the textbook definition ...