This #asknostr won’t be for everyone.

It’s targted to the super geeks out there!

In particular any #Cybersecurity #cypherpunk #Cryptography experts.

(For context I’m a former IT Director so I’m not completely ignorant, just I excelled at leading at people and teams while being able to get my hands dirty enough to implement vision coming down from the C-Suite at 30k feet.)

#asknostr

I recall reading research on Quantum Computing almost 20 years ago. And if I was reading it then, we know it was in development prior to that.

Recently I saw a brief documentary on IBM’s Quantum 2 computer (R&D Lab).

One of the things mentioned is it’s potential (not yet realized but expected by 2035) ability to decrypt in seconds due to the super position state of Qubits.

As such, this has a real conflict with #privacy and even potential impacts for #bitcoin #btc and other #proofofwork (for example $KAS #KAS #KASPA comes to mind with its algo prepped for Optical Computing… and perhaps Monero and another #pow )

But even #nostr can be impacted.

My question:

1. Is there any future proof, Quantum Computing resistant encryption out there or in development?

2. If in the #future Qubits can hold a super position long enough to decrypt, how might we combat that?

(I guess that’s the same question as Q1…but in my mind we have to re-envision the #math …the approach to #encryption once optical computing is mainstream and especially controlled by nation states which is what it is at this point as most “world leaders” view it as a strategic national #security imperative which is why they are heavily researching it)

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My point being, I’m interested in this conversation and perhaps some of you experts in this field can point me to where that convo is occurring.

Currently I believe the Signal protocol and SimpleX messengers have quantum resistant encryption

Monero's privacy for amounts are quantum proof because it uses pedersen commitment which are "perfectly hiding". It's receiver privacy is also quantum proof if an adversary doesn't have access to the original address that was given to someone in person or over secure comms (adversary only has access to the blockchain)

https://docs.grin.mw/wiki/miscellaneous/switch-commitments/#properties-of-commitment-schemes

I've briefly heard Amir Taaki speak on quantum resistant "lattice-based" cryptography

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lattice-based_cryptography

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