# cryptography

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## [About the cryptography category](https://superpositions.com/t/about-the-cryptography-category/17)

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**Author:** [@cjd](https://superpositions.com/u/cjd)\
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**Last updated:** [May 22, 2025, 12:50pm UTC](https://superpositions.com/t/about-the-cryptography-category/17 "2025-05-22T12:50:09Z")

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Purpose Cryptography gives users the ability to communicate, store and send information even in the presence of bad actors. It is used to protect messages, identities, and economic value. With NIST finalising new post‑q…

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## [How important is the implementation difficulty of FN-DSA?](https://superpositions.com/t/how-important-is-the-implementation-difficulty-of-fn-dsa/63)

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**Author:** [@nuggimane](https://superpositions.com/u/nuggimane)\
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**Last updated:** [August 28, 2025, 1:55pm UTC](https://superpositions.com/t/how-important-is-the-implementation-difficulty-of-fn-dsa/63 "2025-08-28T13:55:52Z")

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I’ve heard a lot about how FN-DSA is difficult to implement, but I’m wondering about what impact this will have in practice. Is this a critical issue, or is it just another thing to overcome? On one hand, I could imagin…

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## [Resource Estimates for RSA-2048 vs ECDSA](https://superpositions.com/t/resource-estimates-for-rsa-2048-vs-ecdsa/84)

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**Author:** [@apruden](https://superpositions.com/u/apruden)\
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**Last updated:** [August 20, 2025, 8:30pm UTC](https://superpositions.com/t/resource-estimates-for-rsa-2048-vs-ecdsa/84 "2025-08-20T20:30:08Z")

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What is the current state of the art on resources required to break ECDSA versus RSA? Even though prior literature has described ECDSA as being somewhat (an order of magnitude) easier to break, has anyone actually implem…

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## [New (Quantum) Foundations for Cryptography](https://superpositions.com/t/new-quantum-foundations-for-cryptography/49)

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**Author:** [@apruden](https://superpositions.com/u/apruden)\
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**Last updated:** [August 14, 2025, 7:48pm UTC](https://superpositions.com/t/new-quantum-foundations-for-cryptography/49 "2025-08-14T19:48:37Z")

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Quantum Mechanics May Be the New Foundation for Cryptography In a potential major theoretical breakthrough in cryptography: researchers have developed a quantum-native mathematical framework that could underpin future c…