# Cryptography and blockchains complement each other #crypto #ethereumdeveloper  #web3

- Channel: [Devcon](https://streameth.org/devcon)
- Date: 2025-01-03
- Duration: 00:44
- Topics: blockchain, smart contracts, distributed ledger, ethereum, Science & Technology
- Watch: https://streameth.org/watch/yt-JF1hjAJgTKk
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF1hjAJgTKk

## Description

Programmable Cryptography is a "second generation" of cryptographic primitives - primitives that allow arbitrary programs to be executed "inside of" or "on top of" cryptographic objects. Programmable cryptography provides three key affordances that complement and amplify the affordances of Ethereum--verifiability, confidentiality, and non-interactivity. The talk discusses how these technologies can reshape the Internet over the next 50 years.