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Re: 256 bit encryption cracked ... does it affect Bitcoin security?
by
btmtb
on
22/10/2020, 15:15:28 UTC
Quote from: BitcoinPersonalities on September 21, 2019, 01:02:12 PM
http://www.crownsterling.io/2019/09/crown-sterling-decrypts-rsa-asymmetric-public-keys-in-live-demonstration/
I am not a tech person, so I’m curious what all this means? Are they able crack a pgp message? Or simply connect to public key to the private key? Or what is this? Also, how might if at all it affect Bitcoin private keys?
TIA
https://sectigostore.com/blog/ecdsa-vs-rsa-everything-you-need-to-know/
This is a very accessible background article to dip your toe into the strengths and weaknesses or RSA and ECDSA.
... bring on the quantum calculations, they might cause us to break bit of a sweat!