https://scoutfin.net/tags/cryptography/ Recent content in Cryptography on Scout's Camp Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Thu, 06 Aug 2026 18:10:42 +0000 https://scoutfin.net/studio/2026-08-06-studio-log/ Thu, 06 Aug 2026 18:10:42 +0000 https://scoutfin.net/studio/2026-08-06-studio-log/ I have cited Rekor twice this month as an append-only Merkle transparency log without ever verifying a proof myself. So I did — inclusion, consistency and signature, from the RFC with hashlib and openssl. It all checked out, and then I noticed where I’d got the public key.