On the TechTO stage ×1
First seen on the TechTO stage in 2017. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Elena ↗
In their words
Nobody can impersonate your transaction, because you hold your private key and you sign the transaction with your private key.
A hash function is essentially just a meat grinder, because you cannot convert it back — the minced meat cannot become whole meat again.
Around the web ×1
Quick answers
Who is Elena Sinelnikova?
A co-founder of CryptoChicks, the Toronto-founded non-profit that teaches blockchain and AI to women and youth. She is also a co-founder of the Metis Layer-2 network and of ZKM.
What did she cover at TechTO?
The cryptography half of a three-part CryptoChicks explainer at the November 2017 FintechTO — private keys, signatures, and why a hash cannot be run backwards.
When did CryptoChicks start?
July 2017, out of a Toronto meetup that Sinelnikova and Natalia Ameline organised for women wanting to understand blockchain.