Josh Baron
@joshbaron.bsky.social
Interested in cryptography, privacy, and anonymity. Former @DARPA PM. All opinions are mine alone. Personal account.
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www.coinbase.com
March 27, 2025 at 10:28 PM
This is cool www.coinbase.com/blog/introdu...
My 4th grader just said she had used an “old timey computer”, by which she meant you had to click buttons to select something instead of directly on a touchpad or screen… coolcool
January 30, 2025 at 12:28 PM
My 4th grader just said she had used an “old timey computer”, by which she meant you had to click buttons to select something instead of directly on a touchpad or screen… coolcool
Happy last night of Chanukah!
January 2, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Happy last night of Chanukah!
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Here are some of the biggest breakthroughs in math this year 🧵
December 16, 2024 at 9:41 PM
Here are some of the biggest breakthroughs in math this year 🧵
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Explore or revisit 2024’s biggest moments in mathematics:
www.quantamagazine.org/the-year-in-...
www.quantamagazine.org/the-year-in-...
The Year in Math | Quanta Magazine
Landmark results in geometry and number theory marked an exciting year for mathematics, at a time when advances in artificial intelligence are starting to transform the subject’s future.
www.quantamagazine.org
December 17, 2024 at 10:57 PM
Explore or revisit 2024’s biggest moments in mathematics:
www.quantamagazine.org/the-year-in-...
www.quantamagazine.org/the-year-in-...
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Nice paper!
arxiv.org/abs/2411.11566
arxiv.org/abs/2411.11566
Rubik's as a Galois'
We prove that the Rubik's cube group can be realized as a Galois group over the rationals.
arxiv.org
November 20, 2024 at 8:10 AM
Nice paper!
arxiv.org/abs/2411.11566
arxiv.org/abs/2411.11566
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Public key cryptography keeps information secure. But it does so by sharing part of your encryption scheme with the public. www.quantamagazine.org/how-public-k...
How Public Key Cryptography Really Works | Quanta Magazine
The security system that underlies the internet makes use of a curious fact: You can broadcast part of your encryption to make your information much more secure.
www.quantamagazine.org
November 15, 2024 at 2:57 PM
Public key cryptography keeps information secure. But it does so by sharing part of your encryption scheme with the public. www.quantamagazine.org/how-public-k...