Quote from: peschi on September 29, 2017, 06:30:32 PM

Quote from: schnötzel on September 28, 2017, 08:38:42 PM

Quote from: peschi on September 28, 2017, 08:32:42 PM

hey all,
one question - today I saw a tweet which wrote that the IOTA team is developing there own cryptographic algorithms. I am not able to find the tweet again, but I want to ask you here if this is true.

Are they realy thinking that a new cryptographic algorithm needs to be developt within the IOTA project - if yes: why?

This?

Quantum-immunity: IOTA utilized a newly designed trinary hash function called Curl, which is quantum immune (Winternitz signatures)

Thanks for posting. Did somebody already some deeper research about Curl. I see it as a huge risk, if the devs are doing their own hash functions. Are they already proven as save? (Better not quantum immune but mathematically correct/save)

See the relevant blog - https://blog.iota.org/curl-disclosure-beyond-the-headline-1814048d08ef

-As for Curl, the IOTA Foundation has already subcontracted a team of 5 world-class cryptographers, as well as 3 independent ones to come up with a final design of Curl and then start the long peer-reviewed process, as was always the plan.