Quote from: gzubeck on January 10, 2018, 07:19:10 PM

Quote from: stokholminfinity on January 08, 2018, 11:09:01 AM

How stable is the Cardano algorithm to the attacks of a quantum computer? Or it is not an actual question in this project at all. I just wanted to clarify for earlier.

Somehow I get the feeling that given the vast quantity of cardano coins that having so many makes it almost pointless to attack the network for profit or gain. who would spend $2 in resources to gain $1...this is just my theory wag...

Georgy Zhukov/Stalin..."Quantity has a quality all on its own."

If a quantum computer can break the encryption, it would undermine people's trust in the system. This is true for any crypto project. That said, there are certainly ways to update the encryption scheme because the whole "concern of encrypting messages" is separate from the rest of the logic. It's very well compartmentalized and easy to swap out for another scheme. There are already things in the works to improve resistance to quantum computer attacks.