Matthew Green on Nostr: Even with those improvements, the remaining problem is that elliptic curve crypto is ...
Even with those improvements, the remaining problem is that elliptic curve crypto is not secure against future quantum computing advances. This doesn’t matter today, but if such computers are built in the future, they could be used to decrypt past conversations.
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