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The Math of Monero: Cryptography Across Blockchains

The mathematics every cryptocurrency shares — finite fields, elliptic curves, the discrete-log problem, hashes and signatures — and exactly where Monero re-points that same toolkit from 'reveal and audit' to 'prove and conceal'. A comparative tour across Bitcoin, Ethereum, Zcash and Monero: same skeleton, different choices. By the end you can read any chain's math and name what it hides and how.

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Lessons

  1. The Shared Math Under Every Blockchain
  2. Hash Functions: The Common Workhorse
  3. Elliptic Curves: One Idea, Different Curves
  4. Digital Signatures: ECDSA, Schnorr & EdDSA
  5. Where the Math Diverges: Transparent vs Private
  6. Monero's Math I: Hiding Sender & Receiver
  7. Monero's Math II: Hiding Amounts
  8. Same Tools, Different Trade-offs

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