# A Novel and Robust Hybrid Blockchain and Steganography Scheme
## 3 Methodology and Proposed Method
### Proposed Ozyavas-Takaoglu-Ajlouni (OTA) Algorithm
#### 3.3.1 OTA-Steganography Algorithm
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