Latest sCrypt News

Trustless outsourced vanity address generation
Tech 8 January 2022

Trustless outsourced vanity address generation

To overcome the drawback of the previous Zero-knowledge key-statement proof, sCrypt conducted the exchange entirely on chain using a smart contract which only pays out if a private key is provided.

Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm
Tech 2 January 2022

ECDSA signature verification in Script

sCrypt has implemented ECDSA signature verification algorithm in Script to verify if an arbitrary message is signed by a private key corresponding to a given public key.

Schnorr signature
Tech 1 January 2022

Schnorr signatures on Bitcoin

In this article, sCrypt shows how to implement Schnorr Signatures using the original Bitcoin Protocol. Schnorr is an alternative algorithm to the ECDSA algorithm currently used for signatures in Bitcoin.

Hand drawn tic tac toe
Tech 27 December 2021

Introducing Learn sCrypt

Learn sCrypt is a series of lessons that split the development of an on-chain game Tic-tac-toe on the Bitcoin network into interactive chapters.

Bitcoin vault
Tech 20 December 2021

Non-custodial Bitcoin vaults

sCrypt has developed a smart contract-based vault, where Bitcoins locked inside can only be transferred after a user defined time delay.

Netflix on an imac
Tech 14 December 2021

Streaming services via the Bitcoin protocol

A recent sCrypt article discusses how to facilitate streaming services using the Bitcoin protocol. This is not streaming large movie data on-chain but leverages the incentive and accountability aspects of the protocol and ledger itself.

netflix
Tech 13 December 2021

Netflix over Bitcoin payment channels

In this post, sCrypt’s Xiaohui Liu demonstrates a cost-efficient way to provide movie streaming and other types of services on demand, based on payment channels.