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Do you think any of the large players will get into crypto? Or, any of the crypto players will build a business steady enough, to try developing something so am
by lrem 5y ago
Do you think any of the large players will get into crypto? Or, any of the crypto players will build a business steady enough, to try developing something so ambitious?
- bo1024 5y agoAnother question is exactly how far ahead the NSA is. Remember their budget was estimated at $10 billion back in 2013, more than facebook’s revenue at that time, twice what Twitter’s is today. So picture two companies the size of Twitter working largely on breaking encryption.
- er4hn 5y agoAn indicator of that may be the fact that the NSA is in the process of finalizing their selection of quantum resistant algorithms. After that expect those algorithms to end up in the FIPS 140 certification process and percolating into requirements for government agencies to use. The NSA has an interest in making sure that classified information stays that way for as long as the classification lasts. That is at least 25 years, potentially up to 75 years (src: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classified_information_in_the_United_States#Automatic_declassification https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classified_information_in_the_...) so one could infer that the NSA believes there is a reasonable chance quantum computers will exist and be able to break classical encryption within that timeframe.