Comment on Cryptography behind the top cryptocurrenciesparentComments−ben_w5yI thought the cryptographic basis for BTC was supposed to not be susceptible to Shor’s algorithm, or indeed any known quantum speedup?−chrispeel5yhttps://medium.com/drive-insider/the-quantum-attack-on-bitco...Not just Bitcoin, and not just all other popular cryptocurrencies, but all your web traffic and more are all susceptible to quantum attack.−ben_w5yConversely: https://crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/59375/are-hash-fu...Indicates the best known quantum speedup square roots the search space, and the search space in SHA256 is still too big to search exhaustively.
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I thought the cryptographic basis for BTC was supposed to not be susceptible to Shor’s algorithm, or indeed any known quantum speedup?
https://medium.com/drive-insider/the-quantum-attack-on-bitco...
Not just Bitcoin, and not just all other popular cryptocurrencies, but all your web traffic and more are all susceptible to quantum attack.
Conversely: https://crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/59375/are-hash-fu...
Indicates the best known quantum speedup square roots the search space, and the search space in SHA256 is still too big to search exhaustively.