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Re: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion
by
psycodad
on 21/07/2025, 17:42:23 UTC
⭐ Merited by El duderino_ (12) ,d_eddie (1) ,vapourminer (1) ,JayJuanGee (1)
The headline/teaser made me smirk and after reading I am way much less scared about those quantum thingies factoring meaningful numbers (like i.e. public keys) in foreseeable future:

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Peter Gutmann, a professor of computer science at the University of Auckland New Zealand, thinks PQC is bollocks – "nonsense" for our American readers – and said as much in a 2024 presentation [PDF], "Why Quantum Cryptanalysis is Bollocks."
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-> https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/17/quantum_cryptanalysis_criticism/