On 14-10-2010 19:32, Marsh Ray wrote:
> 3. There are quantum computer attacks theorized which appear to cut
> the exponent in half again. Thus a 256 bit hash could possibly be
> collided in 264 operations on some future machine. 
Is there a source for this? The only quantum approach I've heard of, the
Brassard-Høyer-Tapp algorithm, takes 2^(n/3) time (and space!).

Best regards,
Samuel Neves
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