Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
Cryptography is used in Blockchain to address the issues and concerns of privacy. Cryptography is the study of how to send information back and forth securely in the presence of adversaries. A cryptographic function is a function for encoding or encrypting data to protect the contents from others. The following components are the basis of a cryptographic function: The Secret: The data which we are trying to protect The Key: A piece of data used for encrypting and decrypting the secret The Function: The process or function used to encrypt the secret The Cipher: The encrypted secret data, output of the function The Secret and the Key are passed into the Function to create a Cipher.