It's easy to come to misleading conclusions by reading that website. :)
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Replying to @BRIAN_____ @rmhrisk
I think that website does pretty good job at advertising curve25519
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I just stumbled across somebody else making the same point: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=289795.msg7796974#msg7796974 …
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Replying to @BRIAN_____
@ not same point.
@indutny was saying that if bitcoin used SHA1 we would've been migrated off by now.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
My point was that I see no evidence that they are planning cryptographic migrations ...
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which I think is the take time, especially in an ecosystem.
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I understand that being a few bits of weaker and a lacking some desirable properties does not mean K1 is broken.
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Replying to @rmhrisk @BRIAN_____
with SHA-1 we had a better alternative for quite a long time. What is it for secp256k1?
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Replying to @indutny @BRIAN_____
not the point, the point is if they have no plan or infrastructure for one, ...
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Bitcoin is too political to "just" add an algorithm agility mechanism b/c different algorithms benefit different factions.
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However, I do think it is a good idea to add a mechanism to prepare for a needed change, if politics can be overcome.
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