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r33b33last Wednesday at 9:25 PM4 repliesview on HN

So when does this break crypto and Bitcoin and how to best prepare for this?

Is there any way to secure at all?


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LarsDu88last Thursday at 3:15 AM

If you can break bitcoin, you can also break all the encryption we use for banking and other transactions, so might as well stock up on SPAM and ammo.

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atlanta90210last Wednesday at 9:27 PM

Great question are people predicting we will have enough computing power to "break" bitcoin? How much is needed?

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ogogmadlast Thursday at 12:01 PM

Cryptocoins like Bitcoin only need DSA. Quantum-proof DSAs have been widely known since the 1970s*. Bitcoin only needs to change its DSA - and then everything will be fine.

* see Lamport signatures

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einpoklumlast Wednesday at 9:52 PM

They can break 1-bit-coin. How's that for ya?