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>Timelock puzzles and blockchain are imo hacky solutions to one of the most important outstanding problems in cryptography: securely and trustlessly agreeing on
by vmfunction 3y ago
>Timelock puzzles and blockchain are imo hacky solutions to one of the most important outstanding problems in cryptography: securely and trustlessly agreeing on elapsed time.
Digital cryptography will always being a cat and mouse. DES, RSA, Elliptic curve... With intro of quantum computing, it will just fasten up the pace. Some government has start experimenting with quantum entanglement (https://apnews.com/article/china-google-justice-department-63156ade1e564d15d92adbef91e9c5da https://apnews.com/article/china-google-justice-department-6...)
It is all about your threat model. Even that I'm sure someday some smart guy will also figure out how to figure out how to beat that.