<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>https://ecency.com</link><image><url>https://ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>https://ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 15:20:50 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://ecency.com/created/phanerography/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[From cryptography to phanerography]]></title><description><![CDATA[What is the antonym of kruptos ('hidden')? Phanæro-, meaning "visible". What is called "cryptography" in "crypto" is actually a branch of mathematics that grew out of cryptography]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johan-nygren/from-cryptography-to-phanerography</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johan-nygren/from-cryptography-to-phanerography</guid><category><![CDATA[phanerography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johan-nygren]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2020 20:23:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/BgxWBRxjvNhppUjpaAaBDXJRZLu3AdaGMqihzn3oj99ver3S4MMkNCJ17S8qTPpFASJVo7bGpn54WkiEcNu1tfjguCgtss98Zc5mAK43WA8sNgGmEXoDPBMmwrGDbPCPhp6jBHZgn21ZmRZ8VUtBzJ295vJhq7EmhXLkCmfUwEGfGrr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A simple hash function]]></title><description><![CDATA[The message maps to a bit x in the message, x = M%(⌊log2(message)⌋+1), inverts the state, x^1, and the bit to the right of x is the new leftmost end of the binary string. This process is repeated n times,]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johan-nygren/3fleoc-a-simple-hash-function</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johan-nygren/3fleoc-a-simple-hash-function</guid><category><![CDATA[phanerography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johan-nygren]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 29 Sep 2019 03:06:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPEuzg7sTtDYRj2pP4TFnRA46VFBWZHLtMRsCec9vz4655bi3qhhyo38766NJu49FFhfP3GEND4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A hash function]]></title><description><![CDATA[The message M is input into a hash function, as Mn where n is the iteration of the function (M0, M1...Mn). Mn will here be referred to as just M. M maps to bit x = (M+R)%bits(M) in M, R is the output string]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johan-nygren/a-hash-function</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johan-nygren/a-hash-function</guid><category><![CDATA[phanerography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johan-nygren]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2019 00:09:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPEuzg7sTtDYRj2pP4TFnRA46VFBWZHLtMRsCec9vz4655bi3qhhyo38766NJu49FFhfP3GEND4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ledger as the lock, digital signatures that validate to the state itself]]></title><description><![CDATA[Inspired by BitLattice, I had an idea for a "hash function" that uses the ledger itself, terabytes and potentially petabyte of data, as part of the function. It maps the transaction to a path]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johan-nygren/the-ledger-as-the-lock-digital-signatures-that-validate-to-the-state-itself</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johan-nygren/the-ledger-as-the-lock-digital-signatures-that-validate-to-the-state-itself</guid><category><![CDATA[phanerography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johan-nygren]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2019 22:41:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[A simple hash function]]></title><description><![CDATA[The message M is input into a hash function, as Mn where n is the iteration of the function (M0, M1...Mn), also used as a nonce that is incremented every iteration of the function. Mn will here be referred]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johan-nygren/a-simple-hash-function</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johan-nygren/a-simple-hash-function</guid><category><![CDATA[phanerography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johan-nygren]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2019 16:18:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The idea for a "zipper function"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two inputs, A and B, are combined similar to a zipper. The inputs map to positions on one another, recursively, and alter the state of bits at those positions, iteratively mutating every bit in both inputs.]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johan-nygren/the-idea-for-a-zipper-function</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johan-nygren/the-idea-for-a-zipper-function</guid><category><![CDATA[phanerography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johan-nygren]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2019 01:31:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[An idea for a "possibility hard" hash function]]></title><description><![CDATA[A "hash function" where the pre-image is a "map" to traverse a "global reference number", the reference number is immutable and remains the same for anyone using the function,]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johan-nygren/an-idea-for-a-possibility-hard-hash-function</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johan-nygren/an-idea-for-a-possibility-hard-hash-function</guid><category><![CDATA[phanerography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johan-nygren]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 2019 23:02:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Labyrinth: The ledger is the hash function]]></title><description><![CDATA[Labyrinth is the equivalent of a one-way hash function, and scales to messages of arbitrary size. The building block of Labyrinth is a recursive, iterative function that is equivalent to the compression]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johan-nygren/labyrinth-the-ledger-is-the-hash-function</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johan-nygren/labyrinth-the-ledger-is-the-hash-function</guid><category><![CDATA[phanerography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johan-nygren]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 2019 14:54:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnFbWr211QyJ5g1Dx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hash signatures as "irrational" and RSA/elliptic curves as "rational" signatures]]></title><description><![CDATA[What word do people use to distinguish between hash signatures and RSA/elliptic curves-type signatures? I thought of the distinction "rational" vs. "irrational" signatures, because]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johan-nygren/hash-signatures-as-irrational-and-rsa-elliptic-curves-as-rational-signatures</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johan-nygren/hash-signatures-as-irrational-and-rsa-elliptic-curves-as-rational-signatures</guid><category><![CDATA[phanerography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johan-nygren]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 22 Sep 2019 15:52:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiFU89taP2MgKXzwntUGAvkoQiKU7VxyD37q9Fg4zRkZ7iMj6TZnAri5LbcaxWiPYSEpYy5nuyaZZm9pdAWwBm7bWYZVpGreZmvN19oodP6PkerY6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hash signatures that are deleted after broad social consensus of state]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lamport/Winternitz-type digital signatures have very large signature sizes, but can be designed with a much smaller public key size of just 1n-bit (with signatures of 32+2n-bit and a secret key of 32+2*n-bit.]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johan-nygren/hash-signatures-that-are-deleted-after-broad-social-consensus-of-state</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johan-nygren/hash-signatures-that-are-deleted-after-broad-social-consensus-of-state</guid><category><![CDATA[phanerography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johan-nygren]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2019 11:19:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to learn RSA: Focus on cyclical pattern of modular exponentiation]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you want to learn RSA, a^x mod p, when p is a prime number, follow a cyclical sequence that loops when x = p-1. Think of it like octaves on a piano, after the sequence has looped you end up at the same]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johan-nygren/how-to-learn-rsa-focus-on-cyclical-pattern-of-modular-exponentiation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johan-nygren/how-to-learn-rsa-focus-on-cyclical-pattern-of-modular-exponentiation</guid><category><![CDATA[phanerography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johan-nygren]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2019 18:38:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/7AzetLrHVAgHwGYdyYhcd6W1ZFmwPuKeayULXZvV74jWJibZy7aNo2oyGUoD8moUqe2gCWUAJHb8WmKRo4n94KrwckZaDZxG3Sj7qFYdqiCuFrEAatrwGVm6emNdmk7BZURAPoWSa4eAVVXFB6w2JkttA136z6iaYUppD83XfGxGqzNRd7p4JpeAJ25QycyHCXwpKxTpbxF6xiwA8t5wUy7ZiE3SanARfNuBTCcbr4sgXaEB39UoKFELeSs5qy8zCPMhVGyw3eHc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to learn RSA]]></title><description><![CDATA[Modular exponentiation, exponentiation performed over a modulus, a^x mod n, is cyclical, the same sequence of numbers is repeated in each cycle, similar to how going up one octave on a piano gets you to]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johan-nygren/how-to-learn-rsa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johan-nygren/how-to-learn-rsa</guid><category><![CDATA[phanerography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johan-nygren]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2019 17:38:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2gsjgnRrABVGgMSFFAX8jVoGdgAZD3m9avvyksh3h4F7M1iejsrDVcdgKLS2ywibi8YjJSYwKXZms3dtw8zn6tDqXiqLWLMrWcMfK3xLAz272kUUqt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blockchain technology is person-to-person in the sense that it is key-to-key]]></title><description><![CDATA[An inherent property of asymmetric cryptography is that it supports billions, trillions, quindecillion, accounts, and blockchain technology is entirely about the use of public-private key cryptography]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johan-nygren/blockchain-technology-is-person-to-person-in-the-sense-that-it-is-key-to-key</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johan-nygren/blockchain-technology-is-person-to-person-in-the-sense-that-it-is-key-to-key</guid><category><![CDATA[phanerography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johan-nygren]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2019 20:24:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnHtpiztCfrfB5uuG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[On trustless systems and "social mind bias"]]></title><description><![CDATA[An analysis of a critique of Pseudonym Pairs, and the bias behind it ("social mind bias", note: all humans have that, the idea that some do and some do not is just a local myth within some consensus]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johan-nygren/on-trustless-systems-and-social-mind-bias</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johan-nygren/on-trustless-systems-and-social-mind-bias</guid><category><![CDATA[phanerography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johan-nygren]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2019 18:11:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UonWToSX8tGXNY8jeXKSedJ2aRhGRj6HDecqreb1bxxhhkMJuMHrreetPvp5diVZYj3i2AUERhTJdd9AK4pS1VJJUniHLigD11zVzUKenM4J?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mathematical trap door functions, Theory of Mind (ToM), from "consensus trances" to "consensus technology"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Susan Blackmore suggests that the skills needed for imitation, i.e. putting oneself in another's shoes, are exactly those needed in advanced social skills known as Machiavellian intelligence or Theory]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johan-nygren/mathematical-trap-door-functions-theory-of-mind-tom-from-consensus-trances-to-consensus-technology</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johan-nygren/mathematical-trap-door-functions-theory-of-mind-tom-from-consensus-trances-to-consensus-technology</guid><category><![CDATA[phanerography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johan-nygren]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2018 15:28:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eAHnLWRHms5CMrC7iDHQe4m4zj1q3N4SKKL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is the antonym of kruptos ('hidden')? Phanæro-, meaning "visible". From cryptography to phanerography, a look at the roots]]></title><link>https://ecency.com/@johan-nygren/what-is-the-antonym-of-kruptos-hidden-phanaero-meaning-visible-from-cryptography-to-phanerography-a-look-at-the-roots</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johan-nygren/what-is-the-antonym-of-kruptos-hidden-phanaero-meaning-visible-from-cryptography-to-phanerography-a-look-at-the-roots</guid><category><![CDATA[phanerography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johan-nygren]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2018 23:31:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVs3Hye1oHX44R9EcpQD5C9xXzj68nJaq3Ce7r9ebeS5GXa8kPPfkmHhSfDJzpHNSFnXnmjboggChHW1DqrEEYHwb13cYLvham4hMLXLFDpr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is the antonym of kruptos ('hidden')? Phanæro-, meaning "visible"]]></title><description><![CDATA[The cryptozoic (hidden life), also called the pre-cambrian eon, was followed by the phanærozoic (visible life) eon. Public-private key systems like RSA from the 1970s and elliptic curves from the 1990s]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johan-nygren/what-is-the-antonym-of-kruptos-hidden-phanaero-meaning-visible</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johan-nygren/what-is-the-antonym-of-kruptos-hidden-phanaero-meaning-visible</guid><category><![CDATA[phanerography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johan-nygren]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2018 11:58:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/BgxWBRxjvNhppUjpaAaBDXJRZLu3AdaGMqihzn3oj99ver3S4MMkNCJ17S8qTPpFASJVo7bGpn54WkiEcNu1tfjguCgtss98Zc5mAK43WA8sNgGmEXoDPBMmwrGDbPCPhp6jBHZgn21ZmRZ8VUtBzJ295vJhq7EmhXLkCmfUwEGfGrr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>