Cryptography 101 for Blockchain Developers Part 1/3: Group Theory

Cryptography Fundamentals for blockchain developers. The first video in a series to learn the building blocks of cryptography ultimately setting up the foundation for Zero-knowledge proofs. In this video, KoalateeCtrl (Blockchain Security Researcher @ OpenZeppelin) will walk you through the basics of Group Theory specifically for developers.

An introduction to group theory for blockchain developers and folks in Web3 that want to dive deeper under the hood and better understand cryptography. In addition, if you are interested in cryptographic structures such as elliptic curve pairings, zero knowledge proofs, signatures schemes, and their applications, make sure to first watch this video to build a solid foundation.

This video is part 1 of a 3 part series that should set you up to begin to pursue more advanced cryptography.

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TIMESTAMPS:
0:10 Introduction
1:40 Definition of a Group
5:56 Example of a Group
10:29 Nonexample of a Group
13:40 Fields and Finite Fields
15:27 Discrete Logarithm Problem
16:47 Recap

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[Jaredccmsdude]

Looking forward to more of these types of videos. I would like to learn more about cryptography and other topics about smart contract security research. I enjoy these theoretical videos because they help me understand why things work the way they do. Thank you guys for this content, and I hope you guys decide to do more things like this going forward.

[marcopiccioli]

What an amazing video! When part 2 and 3?

[har]

Really well done! You should have quickly explained the distributive property too tho :p