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Breaking down the shifts.

Short reads exploring specific aspects of post-quantum, autonomous AI, and on-chain security. New pieces roughly monthly per shift.

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Stateful Hash-Based Signatures Are Quantum-Safe and Easy to Break

Hash-based, stateful signature schemes like LMS and XMSS offer stronger quantum security guarantees than ML-DSA or SLH-DSA. However,t his comes with some major assumptions.

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Hybrid Cryptography: Risk vs. Reward

Hybrid cryptography is likely best practice for a post-quantum migration. However, it does have its downsides.

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QKD Isn’t a Replacement for PQC

QKD is commonly marketed as a replacement for post-quantum cryptography like ML-KEM. However, its limitations make the two solutions complementary, not alternatives.

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PQC Regulatory Deadlines (Probably) Don’t Apply To You

The quantum migration regulations and deadlines that you see probably don't apply to you. That said, they're likely overestimating the time that you have to migrate to PQC.

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Why Hybrid Cryptography is Best Practice for Quantum Migration

Quantum migration is increasingly critical as quantum computing grows closer to breaking classical cryptography. However, directly swapping in post-quantum algorithms for their classical counterparts isn't the best idea.

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Symmetric Algorithms Should Be Part of a Quantum Migration Strategy

Quantum migration plans often focus on Shor's threat to public key cryptography. However, symmetric encryption and hash algorithms face quantum threats as well.

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Harvest Now, Decrypt Later: Who's Actually Exposed Today

Harvest now, decrypt later attacks are the main driver for organizations to start their quantum migrations today. However, not all data is at risk, and understanding the threat is essential to prioritizing migration efforts.

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Why Quantum Computers Will Eventually Break Bitcoin and Ethereum Signatures

Quantum computing is described as a major threat to data encryption and confidentiality. However, the real threat in Web3 is quantum computing breaking ECDSA digital signatures.

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Which NIST Post-Quantum Algorithm Actually Applies to You

A fast, practical guide to ML-KEM, ML-DSA, and SLH-DSA, and which one to choose.