ECDSA
ECDSA (Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm) is the cryptographic signature scheme that underlies most of today's blockchains, including Bitcoin and Ethereum. It lets a wallet prove ownership of a private key and authorize a transaction without ever exposing that key, using the mathematics of elliptic curves to keep signatures compact and fast to verify.
On this page you'll find articles on how ECDSA works, its role in wallet and transaction security, its vulnerability to future quantum computers, and how it compares to post-quantum alternatives like CRYSTALS-Dilithium.