So What Is Lattice Encryption?

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5 min readNov 9, 2021

We live in an transistional world of digital trust. Why intermediate? Well, the core of the trust on the Internet is built around public-key encryption, and the core of this is at risk. Every time you connect to a Web site or create a secure connection, it is likely that public key encryption is defining the core trust of the connection and its security. For this we have a secret key (the private key) and a public key. The secret key…

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