Happy 10/24! Did you know the date is a bit special for cryptographers? 1024 is 2 raised to the power of 10, and it pops up a lot in computing. Think of it like this: 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024. A neat trick is that 2 to the power of 10 is kind of like multiplying by 1000, and 2 to the power of 20 is like multiplying by a million!