"... they're trending..." they date back to the 80's. to predict the future, some look to the past for ideas. others monitor the present e.g. github commits

"... they're trending..." they date back to the 80's. to predict the future, some look to the past for ideas. others monitor the present e.g. github commits for popular projects - reject anything that has no recent activity. the context is per packet encryption, the space and time needed to do it. this is not the approach taken by tls where one compromised packet can compromise the entire "encrypted stream". nor is the approach taken by dnssec where instead of encrypting some third party gives their blessing to (signs) the data being communicated. elliptic curve crypto is not new. but encrypting each and every packet on the internet separately is "new" (or at least "different" from current practice). this is my understanding. i could be wrong.