Ankur Patil

@ankur12

AI & Blockchain Intern @ Nethermind | Upcoming SDE - 1 @ Dream11 | MnC @ IIT BHU

Maharashtra, IndiaJoined May 2021

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Final year, Mathematics & Computing @ IIT (BHU) Varanasi. Passionate about C++, Backend Development, Blockchain + AI Development, and Open Source.

In my free time, I love contributing to the tech community by writing technical blogs and sharing my knowledge.

Check out my latest work on my personal website: https://ankur12-1610.github.io.

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Hacking JWT Tokens: By Bruteforcing Weak Signing Key

This is the way of hacking JWT tokens signed using weak keys. We will be using John The Ripper for determining the correct signing key! JWT tokens Introduction JSON Web Token (JWT) is an open standard that defines a compact and self-contained way fo...

Jan 2, 20244 min read

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My LFX Mentorship Journey with CNCF: Kubernetes

I have always wanted to participate in the LFX Mentorship program and here I am, graduated, writing this blog. These 3 months were amazing! This blog covers my experience in this mentorship. What’s the LFX Mentorship? “The Linux Foundation Mentorshi...

Jun 2, 20235 min read

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My Journey: Getting Selected in Summer of Bitcoin '22

On May 1, I received an email saying that I was one of the 82 interns selected amongst 20317 applicants for the Summer of Bitcoin 2022 program. I was really happy and surprised as I didn't have any high hopes at that time. This blog covers my journey...

Dec 14, 20226 min read

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Access tokens for Specter's REST API: Final Evaluation | Summer of Bitcoin '22

Abstract This blog covers the work that I've done post mid-term evaluation. In the last part, I implemented the token generation part which included generating and saving the token in the users.json file, which acts as the local database of the user....

Aug 24, 20225 min read

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Access tokens for Specter's REST API: Part 1 | Summer of Bitcoin '22

Abstract Specter Desktop is a desktop GUI for Bitcoin Core optimized to work with hardware wallets. Specter already has a REST API system, but the authorization is currently done by HTTPBasicAuth and to improve the security, HTTPTokenAuth is really ...

Jul 3, 20224 min read

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Hacking JWT Tokens: By Bruteforcing Weak Signing Key

My LFX Mentorship Journey with CNCF: Kubernetes

My Journey: Getting Selected in Summer of Bitcoin '22

Access tokens for Specter's REST API: Final Evaluation | Summer of Bitcoin '22

Access tokens for Specter's REST API: Part 1 | Summer of Bitcoin '22