Public Key Cryptography
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Full Title or Meme
Make it possible to remote prove your Identity or perform Information Sharing without the need to share secret values.
Context
Public key cryptography relies on certain mathematical problems that are very hard to solve, such as factoring large numbers that are the product of large prime numbers or finding the discrete logarithm of a random elliptic curve element with respect to a publicly known base point. If you know the private key components, you can sign the document or decrypt the data. If you don't have the private key and cannot solve the math, you cannot sign the document or decrypt the data.
Problem
- Find an asymmetric mathematical algorithm that