Public Key Cryptography Explained: The Essential Guide 🔐

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Timestamps:

0:00 Intro
00:57 Symmetric vs. Asymmetric cryptography
4:50 Encrypting data example (asymmetric)
7:44 What is a "trap door" function?
10:50 How Elliptic Curve Multiplication works
16:52 Creating a public/private keypair with Node JS
19:28 Use case #1: protecting data
25:10 Use case #2: digital signatures
39:34 How JWTs fit into this process