CryptoStandard SSI Bitcoin Storage Software Hides Wallets in Plain Sight

CryptoStandard SSI Bitcoin Storage Software Hides Wallets in Plain Sight

The new CryptoStandard SSI Bitcoin Storage software cryptographically stores Bitcoin wallets inside images. If you are a cryptographer or an avid reader of spy fiction, then you would know that data can be embedded into an image and transmitted across the internet without raising suspicions. But here, we are focusing on the security of Bitcoin wallets and effective ways of protecting the private keys and passwords. One of the members on BitcoinTalk, Wisdom Oparaocha who goes by the screen name NyeFe has published a new open source security standard for securing Bitcoin cold wallets. The....


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