http://www.republicain-lorrain.fr/meurthe-et-moselle/2014/04/10/le-logiciel-nanceien-qui-securise-le-bitcoin(Google Translation)
In Nancy, curiosity, a computer scientist is interested in cryptomonnaie. Since then it has developed software that allows for more secure transactions. And will create his company: Electrum Technologies.
At the age of 40, Thomas Voegtlin is a conscientious researcher. Until there is little, he worked for the National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control (I NRIA) on artificial neural networks. "Just curious," he fell into the mysterious world of the cryptographic currency, especially the bitcoin, the most famous cloud currencies. "It is by studying the bitcoin, he says, that I understood the workings of the currency in general. "
Yarn needle, curiosity turned into appetite before becoming a real issue. The computer was designed and developed Electrum, a software to send and receive bitcoins. "At first, I did it on my free time, and then using my time-saving account. "Since the beginning of the year, Thomas Voegtlin is off to start his own business, a start-up incubator hosted by Lorraine in Nancy. However, it maintains links with Inria, "the development of security aspect mainly was done in collaboration with one of their teams."
Electrum, a key wallet for bitcoin is free to access and free to use. "It facilitates transactions and reduces the risk. Especially, it is more secure in case of personal user error. »Car cryptomonnaie already not easy to understand by the common man (see cons below) may be the victim of three major threats.
Loss of money due to lack of backup, "this is where the software operates. Rather than being dependent on regular backups, your money is recovered automatically by a sequence of random words. "The second threat is theft by hackers. Recent events with the exchange MtGox platform is the best demonstration. The third threat is lying. "If you use a bitcoin wallet, an attacker can try to send you false information, for example make you believe that you sent bitcoins. Electrum has permanent tests to try to detect this type of lies. "
Additional layers of security
"Whenever a platform said to have been deflected, it is unclear whether this is a diversion, irresponsibility or a scam. "Some are already seeing the beginning of the end, evidence, added to his hypervolatility, this virtual currency, generated entirely by computers in the network without god nor master, will never win. Others argue that bitcoin is young, everything remains to be done, including its payment network. Moreover, it is already ecosystem like the web that has a big decade before revolutionizing the media or mp3 there fifteen years. We can not even pay his pizza bitcoin, but the net offers more this payment option and some restaurants too.
Thomas is among those who think the bitcoin dig his groove and will settle down, although it is still fragile and is not free from defects. It provides that the company will be able to generate revenue, because if "the software is free, extensions and additional services are paid and always allow extra security. "Against theft and piracy, new innovations are underway and Thomas will probably not stop the creation of a single software.
