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NIST Selects HQC as Fifth Algorithm for Post-Quantum Encryptionwww.nist.gov/news-events/news/2025/03/nist-selects-hqc-fifth-algorithm-post-quantum-encryption
212 sats \ 2 comments \ @0xbitcoiner 19 Mar crypto
  • NIST has chosen a new algorithm for post-quantum encryption called HQC, which will serve as a backup for ML-KEM, the main algorithm for general encryption.
  • HQC is based on different math than ML-KEM, which could be important if a weakness were discovered in ML-KEM.
  • NIST plans to issue a draft standard incorporating the HQC algorithm in about a year, with a finalized standard expected in 2027.
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32 sats \ 1 reply \ @BlokchainB 19 Mar
Hmmm where is the free market in developing such solutions?
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94 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner OP 19 Mar
As far as I know, these solutions are put forward by independent scientists, and what NIST does is pick the ones it thinks are best.
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