📽️ Umbrella Stories The Power of Persistence 💪🏻 When True Brilliance Goes Unrecognized 🧠 If you’re familiar with blockchain technology you probably know about public-key cryptography , don't you? But have you ever asked yourself where it comes from? Ralph Merkle, was the mind behind this revolutionizing technology and the father of public key cryptography 🔑 The world of cryptography was forever changed when Ralph Merkle published his groundbreaking paper on public key cryptography in 1978. His discovery was nothing short of revolutionary, and it paved the way for modern internet security as we know it today. Despite his genius and his revolutionary invention it has not been really easy for him to publish this work. Ralph's paper on publickey encryption was rejected by professors and Communications of the ACM for not having a formal literature review or references to other work and newspapers were skeptical in publishing it. But he persevered, and after 4 years his idea was finally accepted and recognized with awards 🏆 Ralph Merkle has been a multifaceted scientist 👨‍💻 He cracked the logical wall that seemed to prevent people from using cryptography without prior mutual knowledge. His most important contribution in the field of computer science, and not strictly related to cryptography, was the development of Merkle trees 🌳 Thanks to Merkle's intuition, we’re able to gather and verify tons of information in a fast and efficient way. That’s why at Umbrella we decided to use this architecture to secure data on the blockchain in a scalable way ⚡️ Merkle trees guarantee data integrity and allow us data verify it on-chain. This process is an efficient solution that saves time and money 📊 Ralph Merkle's story is one of persistence and true brilliance going unrecognized, but it's also a story of how determination can lead to groundbreaking discoveries 💡that change the world. Thanks Ralph for your genius and dedication 💜☂️