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    1. Deirdre Connolly¹‏ @durumcrustulum 18 Mar 2019
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      You probably don't need an isogeny-based hash function, but if you want one: https://twitter.com/MathPaper/status/1107503250532556801 …

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    2. Deirdre Connolly¹‏ @durumcrustulum 18 Mar 2019
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      Also lel I get to learn about 'superspecial' curvespic.twitter.com/1R0G9PGmNB

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    3. Deirdre Connolly¹‏ @durumcrustulum 18 Mar 2019
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      yeah apparently genus-2 isogeny crypto is a trend now, 2 papers makes it a trend https://eprint.iacr.org/2019/177.pdf pic.twitter.com/YGOkrG0j5J

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    4. Deirdre Connolly¹‏ @durumcrustulum 18 Mar 2019
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      I'm pretty sure these isogeny hash functions have always been application exercises, rather than actual 'hey you should use this instead of classically-structured hash functions'; it's easier than doing the new math _and_ fleshing out a whole new protocol on top in one paper.

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    5. hanno‏ @hanno 18 Mar 2019
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      Replying to @durumcrustulum

      There's some bad precendence in "We can build X out of Y, it has no advantages and is slow, but hey, we can so let's do it!" Thinking about "random number generators based on elliptic curves"....

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    6. Deirdre Connolly¹‏ @durumcrustulum 18 Mar 2019
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      Replying to @hanno

      It's more like 'we can build something small, self-contained and secure with this new math problem', rather than 'it should be used for {xyz} applications. Otherwise the actual new thing, the new math, would be blocked getting published by building a new protocol w/ it.

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    7. Deirdre Connolly¹‏ @durumcrustulum 18 Mar 2019
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      Replying to @durumcrustulum @hanno

      Also 'we can do it, so we did' is basically pure research in a nutshell. This is distinct from doing that and shipping it as a spec/standard/production software.

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    8. Colm MacCárthaigh‏ @colmmacc 18 Mar 2019
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      Replying to @durumcrustulum @hanno

      I went to an Andrew Wiles public lecture in the 90s and someone asked "Are Elliptic Curves useful for anything?" and his answer was "Not really, more of an intellectual interest really, some people think they might have applications in cryptography, it's not promising".

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    9. hanno‏ @hanno 18 Mar 2019
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      Replying to @colmmacc @durumcrustulum

      Was this before or after his famous proof? AFAIR elliptic curves were involved in his proof. but then you could ask if the proof has any application or is just of intellectual interest as well.

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      Colm MacCárthaigh‏ @colmmacc 18 Mar 2019
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      It was after his proof, It was his victory lap tour. Not just involved, his proof was all about Elliptic Curves, to prove Fermat's last theorem, he proved the modularity theorem for Elliptic Curves.

      10:18 AM - 18 Mar 2019
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