10 sats \ 4 replies \ @chovyfubar 23 Oct 2023 \ on: Is Quantum Computing really a threat? If that's the case, how? bitcoin
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encryption is not really relevant for Bitcoin. Hash functions and signatures are
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In fact, there is no encryption at all in bitcoin
Digital signatures, digital signatures everywhere
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I'm not really sure but there might be encryption in the gossip network protocol layer.
There also definitely is encryption in lightning routing or nodes connecting to the network via tor.
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I'm not really sure but there might be encryption in the gossip network protocol layer.
BIP-324 is about that but afaik, the bitcoin network does not use encryption anywhere at the moment. But of course, I might be wrong. Please correct me in that case.
There also definitely is encryption in lightning routing or nodes connecting to the network via tor.
Yes, lightning uses encryption since it uses onion routing
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