Insights

Types of Security Audits

Many services are marketed as security audits. How do they differ and what problems do they solve?

January 2023

Why use 2FA?

We are all familiar with passwords. We know they are easy to forget and to share, and likely easy to steal.

February 2023

You have heard about the Rust programming language. You may wonder why it is so popular these days? Why do we need yet another programming language? What is the business impact of building on Rust? Programming languages are software tools used for software engineering. With better tools, come better results. At its core, Rust is a better programming language because: a) it is in use for a wide range of software engineering problems ; b) it completely eliminates some difficult software development issues (bugs) ; c) it enables developers to express concepts and logic in a concise and readable form ; d) it is a high performance language, so these advantages come at no performance cost.

October 2023

On Digital Wallet Security

There are two ways to own digital assets: custodial and self-custodial. Put it another way, custody means delegation of control

May 2023

SupplyGate: All the Ether in the World

How many ether are there? This apparently simple question is surprisingly difficult to answer.

August 2020

Work from home securely

Who hasn't heard of the digital nomad? This modern times hero has it all: the security of a tech career, living by the beach and taking care of work on Skype when the weather is bad.

August 2020

Keys and addresses

In most blockchain systems, addresses are the natural representation of an individual or a company. Blockchains addresses use numbers so long that they are virtually infinite, as they are coded on 256 bits.

July 2020