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Anything based on RSA, factoring primes, will be vulnerable. There are lots of forms of encryption which no quantum algorithm is known to process faster -- I be
by Jeff_Brown 5y ago
Anything based on RSA, factoring primes, will be vulnerable. There are lots of forms of encryption which no quantum algorithm is known to process faster -- I believe elliptic key crypto is one. I don't know whether any cryptocurrency uses such alternative encryption schemes.
- Jeff_Brown 5y agoSorry, factoring into primes. Factoring primes is easy. I can factor a million-digit prime myself by hand.
- tromp 5y agoQuantum Computers solve ECDLP just as easily as factoring.