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Cryptocurrency: A Boon or a Bane

Cryptocurrencies . . .     A topic we all love to talk about and the topic we know the least about as basically it is the news nowadays cryptocurrencies news. Well it is bitcoin for most, for some even Ethereum ( Ether ), but do we actually know since the very start of Bitcoin in 2009, over 7,000 different variants of cryptocurrencies have been created.   S o, what is this cryptocurrency and why is it a topic to talk about? Well simply saying cryptocurrency is no different than the form of currency that we use but in the case of cryptocurrency it is not specific to a nation or a continent it can be used anywhere and everywhere through the internet  ( might be too early to say that but yeah ) , the basic reason for the boom in the cryptocurrency market is due to the fact it is a decentralized currency wherein each and every transaction is stored in a distributed ledger ( Blockchain ). And there is no central authority governing its issue and transactions. ...

Data Analysis

Data Analysis . . . D ata Analysis in simple words is a method in which we collect data with the goal of discovering some useful information, informing conclusions, and which can support decision making. For example: when we want to book a flight from one place to another we go to many different websites of different flight companies or booking sites we gather data we see and then analyse their comfort ,their flight duration ,their prices ( this is data analysis ) and we come to a decision from the data we gathered ( this is decision making ) this is the same process as we first gather data we then analyse the data and we make a decision . What kind of Information? I nformation can be of many forms as to what we search ,what type of content we like or we watch ,places we visit ,our photos ,and everything the internet knows about us . What is the threat through data analysis? D ata Analysis is done by bigger companies as well as smaller companies and also each and...

Cryptographic Security

Cryptography . . .   C ryptography the use of codes or ciphers to protect the secrecy of a message or data or any short of communication between two parties or a group of people.The history of cryptography began way back in the medieval period where messages were carved in caves in a way that it was readable to only those who had access to the codes or who knew what those symbols mean. Cryptography has traveled a long journey from   Classic Cryptography   using pen and paper to solving complex mechanical encryption such as the Enigma Rotor Machine .  How Cryptography works? T he modern cryptography or encryption over data is achieved by using algorithms ( cryptographic algorithms are designed to convert letters or numbers or words or any kind of data into an encrypted/decrypted form using a specific key ) . In this algorithm method ,the sender has an algorithm the sender feeds some data to the encryption algorithm as an input and then the sender sets...