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TLS uses the more secure Key-Hashing for Message Authentication Code (HMAC) to ensure that a record cannot be altered during transmission.

SSL simply uses key based encryption and nothing more (no hashing).

Bitcoin exchanges use TLS , including HMAC to ensure that the transaction was not tampered with in any way.

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