Governments are big, dumb animals, so make whatever you're trying to protect very expensive ($20-50 Billion range) to brute-force within usability constraints.

Governments are big, dumb animals, so make whatever you're trying to protect very expensive ($20-50 Billion range) to brute-force within usability constraints. Btw... apart from Scrypt paper, has anyone put together a practical guide on crypto parameter brute force costs? (say volume pricing of gear and asics in huge qty)