A person claiming he crack rsa 2048

[tech30338]

According to this person they can crack RSA 2048 using a mobile or a Linux computer, instead of a quantum computer, but he refuses to show, how he has done it
does this have an impact on Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies?
Here is the link to the article:
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/security-software/quantum-rsa-2048-encryption-cracking-breakthrough-claim-met-with-scepticism#xenforo-comments-3825639

[Faisal2202]

According to this person they can crack RSA 2048 using a mobile or a Linux computer, instead of a quantum computer, but he refuses to show, how he has done it
does this have an impact on Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies?
Here is the link to the article:
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/security-software/quantum-rsa-2048-encryption-cracking-breakthrough-claim-met-with-scepticism#xenforo-comments-3825639

That's a big claim but according to Ed Greck's post on LinkedIn which is not comprised of any proof, indicates that it might be a public stunt for his own algorithm for encryption, as he is the founder of "post-quantum" which is HIPAA compliant, this information is already written in the article you have provided.

If you would read this news, according to which, in a competition 69 algorithms were submitted by scientists and 26 got listed that cannot be broken against Quantum Computers. (QC is not so common, but if they don't exist in a stable form then how they test these encryption algorithms while the computer itself is in a developing state) so yeah, this raises concerns about the validity of the news of RSA cracking.

Hypothetically speaking, if they really cracked the RSA then it might affect cryptocurrencies but indirectly, because BTC and other cryptocurrencies are not depend on RSA only there is the SHA 256 algorithm also used but RSA is also used in BTC and that will definitely affect it but let's just wait to see what comes next because these are all just theories and the paper that Greck has published is also full of theories.

We need practical proof.

[dkbit98]

According to this person they can crack RSA 2048 using a mobile or a Linux computer, instead of a quantum computer, but he refuses to show, how he has done it
does this have an impact on Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies?

This sounds like a fantasy story and I think this is just attention seeking attempt, he allegedly discovered long lost mathematical technique that was hidden for 2500 years  
I am not saying it's totally impossible to crack RSA-2048, but it's silly to say that regular smartphone can do this, and he can't prove it.
There is no impact on Bitcoin whatsoever.

[decodx]

I'm pretty doubtful about these wild claims of breaking tough encryption with just a mobile phone.  That sounds crazy! RSA-2048 is supposed to be really secure.  I know crypto stuff keeps improving, but extraordinary claims need solid proof that stands up to review by other experts and  the field is complicated, so any new breakthroughs have to go through careful examination and peer review first before people will believe them.  I need to see some credible evidence before I'll buy that you can crack advanced encryption just using a mobile device.

[BlackHatCoiner]

Hmm! Someone claims they can crack asymmetric cryptography with a smartphone, but we aren't allowed to know how. Somehow we are allowed to know they are capable of accomplishing it, tho. 

Even if he was capable, which I bet he isn't, this would probably be one of the dumbest things to ever attempt to do. Stating publicly that you, <enter your full name>, have figured out a way to make most encrypted stuff, insecure, followed by a paper which demonstrates it. You would be found dead under a bridge in a random country before tomorrow morning. (If NSA hadn't managed to hire you yet)

[WhyFhy]

Hmm! Someone claims they can crack asymmetric cryptography with a smartphone, but we aren't allowed to know how. Somehow we are allowed to know they are capable of accomplishing it, tho. 

Even if he was capable, which I bet he isn't, this would probably be one of the dumbest things to ever attempt to do. Stating publicly that you, <enter your full name>, have figured out a way to make most encrypted stuff, insecure, followed by a paper which demonstrates it. You would be found dead under a bridge in a random country before tomorrow morning. (If NSA hadn't managed to hire you yet)

Yea..this 100%
I would never disclose a find like this. (But this is like pursuing perpetual motion and I'm doubtful,but never say never)
I'm at a point I don't even talk about finds of any significance at all.

[ImThour]

Seems more like a post to share and promote his own Cryptography solution, post-quantum. He wants RSA to be replaced with his own security solution, which he says can be used by anyone as it's patent-free. I see that he wants to do a positive contribution in the security field however If his claims are wrong, that will be solely for the promotion of his product which is considered to be a bad PR in this case.

[tech30338]

According to this person they can crack RSA 2048 using a mobile or a Linux computer, instead of a quantum computer, but he refuses to show, how he has done it
does this have an impact on Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies?

No, anyone can make a claim without showing any proof. And on thread Researcher Claims to Crack RSA-2048 With Quantum Computer, many people already point out many weird things from researcher's claim.

Maybe he is just seeking attention to lure investor to fund his research, since investors will be curious about it, and will invest money, but he should put up evidence to support that, if he wan't to be funded.

[Learn Bitcoin]

Is it like I have encrypted a PGP message, and the recipient is another public key of mine, and then I switched the key and decrypted it, and then I claim I can crack it? LOL. Like seriously, bro? With a mobile device? I don't know what is possible and what is not, but why are people not allowed to see how he did it? For privacy reasons? What could be the other reasons? Maybe it's because it's just a claim and nothing else. I don't think it's true.

You all know CSW says he is Satoshi. I see this cracking claim as the same as CSW claims until the person brings some evidence or shows that he could do it. That's my personal opinion, though.

[NotATether]

Modern technology cannot crack RSA 2048, so either he's lying or he's just presented a theoretical paper with no practical implementation.

Somehow I am inclined to believe the latter, as it would never occur to me that some of the smartest scientists in their respective fields could be crack-pots in closely related fields.

[letteredhub]

According to this person they can crack RSA 2048 using a mobile or a Linux computer, instead of a quantum computer, but he refuses to show, how he has done it
does this have an impact on Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies?

No, anyone can make a claim without showing any proof. And on thread Researcher Claims to Crack RSA-2048 With Quantum Computer, many people already point out many weird things from researcher's claim.

Maybe he is just seeking attention to lure investor to fund his research, since investors will be curious about it, and will invest money, but he should put up evidence to support that, if he wan't to be funded.

Thoughtful investors won't dare to sink their money into what they are not seeing a manifesting prove or fact that should drive them to take such risk except they are not really investors as may think they are. Nobody invests in the blind except they have money they can afford to lose therefore decides to give it a try by risking it. Nevertheless, no researcher will crack RSA-2048 and hide the proof to himself without wanting to take credit for it it's unheard of making it a usual claim as others before it.

[WatChe]

Hmm! Someone claims they can crack asymmetric cryptography with a smartphone, but we aren't allowed to know how. Somehow we are allowed to know they are capable of accomplishing it, tho. 

Even if he was capable, which I bet he isn't, this would probably be one of the dumbest things to ever attempt to do. Stating publicly that you, <enter your full name>, have figured out a way to make most encrypted stuff, insecure, followed by a paper which demonstrates it. You would be found dead under a bridge in a random country before tomorrow morning. (If NSA hadn't managed to hire you yet)

Even with Quantum computing breaking RSA-2048 will take 20 to 30 years away. We need a quantum computer with 4,000 Qubits and 100 million gates and it is predicted that such computer will arrive in next 20 to 30 years (source).

We also have so many Faketoshis who claim to be Satoshi Nakamoto but they never able to prove it. Better not pay attention to such baseless claims.

[Ruttoshi]

This guy is only trying to create attention towards himself and maybe needs a job offer from the tech companies or big scammers, because what he said is impossible.

Are you kidding me that someone is claiming he can crack a asymmetric cryptography without a computer but a smartphone. Even a quantum computer wouldn't be able to carry out this task easily. It is easy said than done and practical speaks louder than theory. So let him go ahead and prove his claims to the world for us to know how he did it.