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by tromp 2243 days ago
> "crypto" is cryptography

It ought to be, and it used to be, but unfortunately it's been hijacked by the cryptocurrency community to such an extent that it's become increasingly ambiguous.

> ECDSA

or, preferrably, Schnorr signatures.

> partial hash inversion

There's more to mining than hashing [1].

[1] https://cryptorials.io/beyond-hashcash-proof-work-theres-min...