David Wong

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cryptography, security, and random thoughts

Hey! I'm David, cofounder of zkSecurity, research advisor at Archetype, and author of the Real-World Cryptography book. I was previously a cryptography architect of Mina at O(1) Labs, the security lead for Libra/Diem at Facebook, and a security engineer at the Cryptography Services of NCC Group. Welcome to my blog about cryptography, security, and other related topics.

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What is the enlightenment I'm supposed to attain after studying finite automata?

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I’m studying automata, it’s sort of a “logical” subject that reminds me of studying mathematics. It looks cool, it only asks your brain to think, not to memorize, and you don’t really know what’s the real use of it.

If you want to take a peak at what I’m studying, you can find a similar course on Coursera given by Jeff Ullman from Stanford (yes, obviously I should have moved to the US and attend Stanford).

Well, someone nicely asked what I was thinking on Stackoverflow, and someone else nicely answered.

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