Cryptography

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Cryptography in TON
Cryptography in TON is the basis of security, confidentiality and integrity of data. It uses RSA, AES, digital signatures, hash functions. Evolution: monoalphabetic cipher (Ancient Egypt) → polyalphabetical (middle ages) → classical (Enigma 1918) → modern (asymmetry + symmetry & hashing). Hybrid encryption (asymmetry for key exchange + symmetry of data) was developed by Nikolai Durov and the Telegram team.
Zero-Knowledge (ZK) Proofs
Zero‑knowledge proofs let a prover convince a verifier of a statement’s truth without revealing any underlying data.