ETH Vulnerable? Schnorr, claims .. (new exploit) “destroys the RSA cryptosystem”

[eddie13]

“ A recent paper, “Fast Factoring Integers by SVP Algorithms” by Claus P. Schnorr, claims significant improvements in factoring that “destroys the RSA cryptosystem”.”
https://sweis.medium.com/did-schnorr-destroy-rsa-show-me-the-factors-dcb1bb980ab0

“ Claus Peter Schnorr recently posted a 12-page factoring method by SVP algorithms. Is it correct?”
https://crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/88582/does-schnorrs-2021-factoring-method-show-that-the-rsa-cryptosystem-is-not-secur


From what I am seeing this could be big if true/correct.. I’m not seeing any mention of it here yet..
I assume this is the same “Schnorr” as in “Schnorr signatures”? Edit: Yes it is..


Does this mean anything to Bitcoin or other coins that use different algorithms?
A laymen’s explanation could also be very helpful to many here (including me)..

“ cryptocurrencies have shunned RSA in favor of  signatures based on elliptic curves, initially ECDSA and later moving towards pairing-based cryptography. Ethereum is the lone exception, having added native RSA support with EIP-198. “
https://www.google.com/amp/s/randomoracle.wordpress.com/2019/07/14/ethereum-mixing-with-rsa-getting-by-without-zero-knowledge-proofs/amp/

So maybe it will kill ETH..


If this is true, that RSA encryption is basically cracked, how bad would it hurt ETH?

[eddie13]

Bump

How is it possible their is no interest in this on this forum?

[Nighthog]

I think people just don't know much or what it means.

A blank slate of knowledge on the matter.

Even I have no idea what it means at the moment, first time hearing about "RSA". But if it involves cryptography and is part of the ETH security it should be looked into by the relevant parties, meaning ETH development team in general rather than anyone else. That is if they know themselves what it means.

It might just sound worse than in practice having any effect.