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Title: Iota and quantum computers (some news about NSA inside) Post by: Come-from-Beyond on February 08, 2016, 11:33:09 PM Maybe some of you heard about Iota and its resistance to quantum computers. Here are some recent news - https://www.deepdotweb.com/2016/02/08/nsa-switches-to-quantum-resistant-cryptography/. A funny part:
Quote According the NSA, the following isn’t safe to use: Can we trust that article on www.deepdotweb.com?... SHA-256 Title: Re: Iota and quantum computers (some news about NSA inside) Post by: benthach on February 09, 2016, 12:00:16 AM Maybe some of you heard about Iota and its resistance to quantum computers. Here are some recent news - https://www.deepdotweb.com/2016/02/08/nsa-switches-to-quantum-resistant-cryptography/. A funny part: Quote According the NSA, the following isn’t safe to use: Can we trust that article on www.deepdotweb.com?... SHA-256 no one care about your get rich scam Title: Re: Iota and quantum computers (some news about NSA inside) Post by: anewafresh on February 09, 2016, 04:48:51 AM no one care about your get rich scam Please speak for yourself. That article posted by CfB makes IOTA infinitely more interesting. If IOTA's tangle works, it could well be the future of crypto. Title: Re: Iota and quantum computers (some news about NSA inside) Post by: Come-from-Beyond on February 09, 2016, 08:55:37 AM no one care about your get rich scam What about SHA-256 part? Still not interesting for you? Title: Re: Iota and quantum computers (some news about NSA inside) Post by: monsterer on February 09, 2016, 09:30:29 AM Can you explain why Iota is quantum resistant? What is the difficulty set to?
Title: Re: Iota and quantum computers (some news about NSA inside) Post by: Come-from-Beyond on February 09, 2016, 12:20:18 PM Can you explain why Iota is quantum resistant? What is the difficulty set to? Iota uses Winternitz signing which is quantum-immune. For the other part check 4.3 of http://188.138.57.93/tangle.pdf, please. Title: Re: Iota and quantum computers (some news about NSA inside) Post by: monsterer on February 09, 2016, 01:39:53 PM Can you explain why Iota is quantum resistant? What is the difficulty set to? Iota uses Winternitz signing which is quantum-immune. For the other part check 4.3 of http://188.138.57.93/tangle.pdf, please. Thanks.... Are you sticking with a fixed difficulty of 6561? Title: Re: Iota and quantum computers (some news about NSA inside) Post by: Come-from-Beyond on February 09, 2016, 01:55:25 PM Thanks.... Are you sticking with a fixed difficulty of 6561? No, we'll start with the "round" number of 19683. At every snapshot it will be changed from 1/3x to 3x depending on user PoW votes. Title: Re: Iota and quantum computers (some news about NSA inside) Post by: monsterer on February 09, 2016, 02:01:31 PM Thanks.... Are you sticking with a fixed difficulty of 6561? No, we'll start with the "round" number of 19683. At every snapshot it will be changed from 1/3x to 3x depending on user PoW votes. What do you do about spam? How many hashes (at that difficulty) per second can a desktop manage? Title: Re: Iota and quantum computers (some news about NSA inside) Post by: Come-from-Beyond on February 09, 2016, 02:16:23 PM What do you do about spam? How many hashes (at that difficulty) per second can a desktop manage? 25 hashes per 1 MHz in average. Spam is welcome as long as it secures the tangle. |