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Imagine a padlock hanging on a public fence.  Anyone can walk up and study it.  Today, staring at the lock does not give a thief a working key. That is the bargain behind the cryptography that secures most cryptocurrencies.  A future quantum computer could look at the lock already sitting on the blockchain and cut a key that gives an unauthorized third-party access to someone else’s coins.

That lock is elliptic curve public key cryptography (ECC).  Cryptocurrency networks such as Bitcoin, Ethere

The popular Streameast illegal sports streaming site was taken down this past week as officials in Egypt arrested two men allegedly involved in the effort.  The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) said it worked with Egyptian authorities to shut down the piracy network, which had more than 80 associated domains and logged more than 1.6 billion visits over the past year.

ACE called Streameast the largest illicit live sports streaming operation in the world, giving people free access t