MTM22: The Cryptography Workbook (part 1)
From Motivate the Math by Fundamentals and average_gary
October 13, 2025 · 51 min · Episode 22
About this episode
The episode introduces a multi-episode journey through a cryptography workbook focused on discrete-log-based multiparty signatures and the underlying mathematics.
Fundamentals. @Fundamentals21m Book: https://zeuspay.com/btc-for-institutions npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g AverageGary npub160t5zfxalddaccdc7xx30sentwa5lrr3rq4rtm38x99ynf8t0vwsvzyjc9 Cryptography Wookbook: https://github.com/cryptography-camp/workbook ---- navigate to the current release on the right tab to download the workbook ---- DO NOT LISTEN TO THE EPISODE UNLESS YOU HAVE THE WORKBOOK HANDY We’re back and recommitting to our North Star: getting comfortable with the math behind Bitcoin-grade cryptography. In this kickoff, we set the stage for a multi‑episode journey through a cryptography “workbook” on discrete‑log‑based multiparty signatures—using it as a scaffold to build real intuition for groups, fields, rigor, and proofs without being intimidated by jargon. We talk prerequisites (Z_p operations, cyclic groups, conditional probability, union bound, proof by contraposition), why rigor matters more than vibes, and how abstraction lets us reason cleanly about things like elliptic‑curve “addition” and key‑tweaking. We also peek at the table of contents we’ll tackle: negligible functions, games and asymptotic security, hash functions…
People in this episode
Hosts: Fundamentals, AverageGary
Topics covered
- cryptography
- Bitcoin-grade cryptography
- discrete-log-based multiparty signatures
- mathematics
- security
- hash functions
Keywords
- cryptography
- Bitcoin
- discrete log
- multiparty signatures
- hash functions
- security
- proofs
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: cryptography-camp, zeuspay
Books & works: Cryptography Workbook
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