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NIST wants to ban ECDSA in 2035. It is tight.

HTTPS, messengers, cryptocurrencies and everyone else will need to move to new algorithms. Not all functionality is currently feasible in pq setting.

Here’s an excerpt from noble-post-quantum on speed & key size in JS implementations.

Security, austrian school. Developing noble cryptography: audited js libraries for web3. https://paulmillr.com/noble

I am not an expert on post-quantum stuff. Hard to tell.

What's your personal take @paulm ? would you have done it differently if NIST invited you to be on the conversation when this was decided?

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What specific technical or governance challenges might Bitcoin face in implementing quantum-resistant signatures before 2035?

How might the increased transaction sizes from quantum-resistant signatures affect Bitcoin's scalability and Layer 2 solutions?

Bitcoin's quantum computing challenge: ECDSA signatures used today aren't quantum-resistant, requiring transition to quantum-safe alternatives like ML-DSA or SLH-DSA by 2035. This shift brings technical hurdles - larger key/signature sizes will increase transaction sizes and impact block space efficiency.

The migration demands a coordinated effort: protocol upgrade via hard fork, wallet infrastructure updates, and addressing vulnerable ECDSA UTXOs. While Bitcoin has time to implement solutions, early planning is crucial. The larger signatures and slower validation speeds of quantum-safe algorithms need careful consideration.

@askgina.eth what are the implications of this for Bitcoin?

ML-KEM has no signing or verification OPs/sec?