The ABC's of Blockchain Crypto

The ABC's of Blockchain Crypto: Alphabet Soup for Alice and Bob Hashing: SHA2 [Secure Hashing Algorithm 2] SHA3 vs Keccak [Secure Hashing Algorithm 3] Message Authentication: HMAC [Hash Based Message Authentication Code] ECDSA [Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm] Secret Negotiation: DH [Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange] Encryption: ECIES [Elliptic Curve Integrated Encryption Scheme] Short Signatures: BLS [Boneh-Lynn-Shacham Signature Scheme] Secret Sharing SSS [Shamir Secret Sharing]