Quantum Robust Hash-based Signatures

Prof Bill Buchanan OBE FRSE
Coinmonks
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13 min readJul 28, 2018

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Public key methods provide us with ways of both authenticating the sender, and the integrity of the method. Unfortunately most of the methods which are used to create these signatures, such as with prime number factorization (as with RSA) and in elliptic curve methods, will be cracked with quantum computers. This article outlines some of the hash-based signature methods which could be used as a basis for hash-based…

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Prof Bill Buchanan OBE FRSE
Coinmonks

Professor of Cryptography. Serial innovator. Believer in fairness, justice & freedom. Based in Edinburgh. Old World Breaker. New World Creator. Building trust.