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Re:Ask HN: What is the reason behind the rise of cryptocurre... by sincerely on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @07:04PM (#15910738)
why not implement post-quantum crypto now if there’s already a plan in place? this seems like a situation where “better late than never” isn’t true
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Re:Ask HN: What is the reason behind the rise of cryptocurre... by johncolanduoni on Wednesday December 13, 2017 @03:27AM (#15912882)
The post-quantum algorithms haven't been around very long and as a result don't have the same level of confidence. Most post-quantum implementations that are in or nearing production use both existing methods (e.g. DH) and a post-quantum counterpart (e.g. New Hope) and combine them in a way that requires both to fail for there to be an issue (e.g. XORing the produced secrets together).
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Re:Ask HN: What is the reason behind the rise of cryptocurre... by arisAlexis on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @07:07PM (#15910760)
There is one launching check out theqrl.org
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