Cryptocurrency: Decrypt: Competition Bitcoin Quantum Computers, PQChat

[Steven Schear]

I contributed to a 2013 paper that attempted to address some of BTC's then
known shortcomings, including the blockchain length but the our suggestions
got no attention by the core developers.



On Wed, Nov 18, 2020, 8:27 PM grarpamp <grarpamp at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 11/18/20, jim bell <jdb10987 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Decrypt: Inside the Competition That Will Save Bitcoin From Quantum
> Computers.
> >
> https://decrypt.co/48107/inside-the-competition-that-will-save-bitcoin-from-quantum-computers
>
>
> https://www.post-quantum.com/
>
> It's McEliece, them combined with DJB's group, see NIST competition...
>
> https://csrc.nist.gov/News/2020/pqc-third-round-candidate-announcement
>
>
> People are not very happy with legacy cryptocurrencies, they will
> fall to new cryptocurrencies unless they address the following asap...
> - privacy
> - storage that grows only as function of UTXO count, not of TX count
> - native tx rate
> - pqc
> - asic hard, cpu gpu easy
>
>
>
>
> Users and the crypto world should subject a company, that believes
> PQC should be pulled off the shelves, to the most severe levels
> of inquisition, inspection, vigilance, and opensource audits...
>
>
> https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/pqchat-worlds-most-secure-messaging-app-unbreakable-by-quantum-computing-1449591
>
> https://hacker10.com/mobile-phone/encrypted-mobile-phone-chat-video-and-calls-with-pqchat/
>
> https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/10845918/WhatsApp-rival-PQchat-claims-to-be-worlds-most-secure-messaging-app.html
>
> https://www.silicon.co.uk/workspace/pqchat-messaging-encryption-quantum-computing-146089
>
> https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.quora.com/Is-PQchat-as-secure-as-the-developer-claims
>
>
> https://android-full-encryption.blogspot.com/2020/03/should-you-switch-from-whatsapp-to_37.html
> "We're not asking the right question [when we talk about encryption],"
> says Andersen Cheng, the chief executive of cryptography company Post
> Quantum. "In the intelligence world sometimes metadata is more
> important." Cheng said he developed a messaging app but pulled it when
> it appeared on an Islamic State recommended apps list.
>
>
> https://decrypt.co/48107/inside-the-competition-that-will-save-bitcoin-from-quantum-computers
> Post-Quantum
> <https://decrypt.co/48107/inside-the-competition-that-will-save-bitcoin-from-quantum-computersPost-Quantum>’s
> ambitions ... The protocol ... was the backbone of its
> short-lived quantum-secure chat app; the company removed it from the
> Google Play store after ISIS started using it to coordinate attacks.
> “Too much hassle,” said Cheng. “Don’t get me wrong—we still want to
> make some money out of it,” said Cheng
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nqemxK3Bsc PQChat from SRD Wireless,
> PQ Solutions, and Post-Quantum Andersen Cheng
>
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