DSDevarshi Shimpiindevarshishimpi.hashnode.dev·Jul 26 · 30 min readHow the Bitcoin Network Actually WorksBitcoin gets called a lot of things: digital gold, internet money, a scam, a revolution. This guide skips all of that. It is not about what Bitcoin is for. It is about what Bitcoin is: the parts, how 00
Rrathsarainrr-cyber.hashnode.dev·Jul 19 · 8 min readI Built What I Thought Was a Secure App. Here's Everything I Got Wrong.During the final year of my undergraduate studies, my team submitted a cloud-based banking application as part of our Network and Cloud Security coursework. We had competition. Two other teams were bu00
OOrcaLayerinorcalayer.hashnode.dev·Jul 19 · 3 min readA REST API for Polymarket Whale Data: A Developer GuideIf you want Polymarket whale data in your own code, a dashboard, a trading model, or an AI agent, you need an API, not a website. Here is what the OrcaLayer REST API exposes and how to start. How do d00
CCryptomusincryptomus-articles.hashnode.dev·Jul 14 · 9 min readArchitecture of a Multi-Currency Crypto Wallet: How Support for Dozens of Networks and Tokens Works TechnicallyModern crypto wallets are expected to offer more than simple asset storage. Users are looking for a way to manage various digital assets from one interface without needing to worry about the infrastru00
MSMolly Sohaneyinmollysohaney.hashnode.dev·Jul 14 · 5 min readCTF Writeup: Emojibius | Crypto | BroncoCTF 2026Description Our intelligence agency has intercepted a strange transmission. It looks like Gen-Z developed a new language. We found a cryptic image of an elderly person on a nearby server?? Can you re00
MSMolly Sohaneyinmollysohaney.hashnode.dev·Jul 14 · 5 min readCTF Writeup: Shifting Afar | Crypto | BroncoCTF 2026Description I'm slowly shifting, shifting afar Char after char, char after char I'm slowly shifting (shifting afar) And it feels like I'm fighting Underscores against the stream Braces against the st00
MSMolly Sohaneyinmollysohaney.hashnode.dev·Jul 14 · 2 min readCTF Writeup: Grandma's Secret | Crypto | BroncoCTF 2026Description Grandma wants to protect her wifi password. Can you find out what it is before grandpa does? We're given: Letter.jpeg Overview This challenge is a cryptanalysis problem centered on the 00
MSMolly Sohaneyinmollysohaney.hashnode.dev·Jul 14 · 5 min readCTF Writeup: Atomic Substitution Theory | Crypto | Beginner | BroncoCTF 2026Description This text file is what happens when a chemist tries to send you a top secret message. Hint: all letters in the flag should be lowercase. We're given: secret.txt Overview This challenge 00
MSMolly Sohaneyinmollysohaney.hashnode.dev·Jul 13 · 6 min readCTF Writeup: Consistently Static Psuedo Random Number Generator | Crypto | BroncoCTF 2026Description I made a birthday oracle recently, but I can't get it to work at all. It only gets the day of the week right 14% of the time! Here are my results from the last testing session... can you 00
MSMolly Sohaneyinmollysohaney.hashnode.dev·Jul 13 · 2 min readCTF Writeup: No Laughing Matter | Crypto | Beginner | BroncoCTF 2026Description You see, that's not funny. We're given: aha.txt Overview This challenge hands us a text file, aha.txt, full of nothing but 0's and 1's. That's a strong signal that the file is binary-en00