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CryptoKitties vs Trusting Trust

A side-by-side look at CryptoKitties and Trusting Trust. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

CryptoKitties

CryptoKitties

Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency

CryptoKitties is a blockchain-based virtual game that allows players to adopt, raise, and trade virtual cats called CryptoKitties. It runs on the Ethereum blockchain network and uses non-fungible tokens to represent ownership of each unique digital cat.

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Trusting Trust

Trusting Trust

Security & Privacy

Trusting Trust is a theoretical attack on compilers proposed by Ken Thompson in 1984. It suggests that a malicious programmer could hide a backdoor in the source code of a compiler, which would then insert the same backdoor into programs compiled with it.

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