Any reason not to use Ascon, which not only got Official Status™ from NIST: * https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2023/02/nist-selects-lightweight-cryptograp

Any reason not to use Ascon, which not only got Official Status™ from NIST: * https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2023/02/nist-selects-lightweight-cryptography-algorithms-protect-small-devices https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2023/02/nist-selects-l... * https://csrc.nist.gov/pubs/sp/800/232/final https://csrc.nist.gov/pubs/sp/800/232/final But was also a lightweight finalist in CAESAR (along with ACORN): * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAESAR_Competition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAESAR_Competition * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascon_(cipher) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascon_(cipher)