cryptography

cryptography

The practice of securing communications in the presence of third parties or adversaries. In the context of cryptocurrencies, cryptography is used to secure transactions, control the creation of new units, secure user ownership of coins, and verify the transfer of assets.

The CryptoCurrency Security Standard (CCSS) has been updated to version 9.0. See the updated CCSS here.

Systems certified under 8.1 are still valid.