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I guess the author wants to secure an online cryptocurrency exchange website (like MtGox or Coincheck), not to exchange cryptographic keys.

I think the correct answer is that you shouldn't write your own exchange unless you know a lot about security or you hire someone that knows a lot about security. (For reference: I don't know.) An online exchange is a giant multimillions piñata, just waiting to be hacked.


what does WebAssembly mean For script-kiddies and malicious sites? I mean : with great power.....


Nothing. It can't do more than asm.js-compiled Javascript is able to do today.


wasnt the biggest deal with thorium the fail-safe nature of the design and the low pressure /lack of need for a containment vessel ?

i havent read up on this forages, so probaly misrepresenting things, sorry.

i just dont recall these busted-myths being a big deal .. compared to the above...


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