Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote: > On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 11:24:57AM +0200, Johan Wevers wrote: > > > For example, a 256 bit elliptic curve key has a similar strength > > > to a symmetric key of 128 bits. > > > > Until, of course, a working quantum computer with more than a few > > qubits is constructed. > > Don't worry, there's literally trillions of dollars worth of bitcoins > riding on the premise that this will never happen. ;)
Who knows, maybe in the future it is possible for researchers/companies etc. to build cheaper and easier to produce alternatives? https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02742-x Regards Stefan -- Signal (Desktop) +4915172173279 https://keybase.io/stefan_claas _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
