[FRIAM] Get ready for Blockchain

[Barry MacKichan]

There’s an article in Quanta Magazine (https://www.quantamagazine.org) 
that claims RSA encryption will still be viable after the quantum 
computing revolution. I only skimmed it, but what struck me was the 
mention of terabyte encryption keys.

--Barry


On 18 May 2017, at 10:37, glen ☣ wrote:

> There's still time for early registration here:
>
>   https://2017.pqcrypto.org/conference/
>
> If I had even the slightest professional duties in the space, I'd take 
> advantage of the opportunity to visit Utrecht!
>
> On 05/18/2017 09:13 AM, Gillian Densmore wrote:
>> Josh or someone else can explain it better than i. It's been a thing 
>> for as
>> you know for Peering and P2P since IIRC the 80s. It's basically how 
>> banks
>> works.  It got popular with 'fake' (*.Coin) money to sensably ask: 
>> well if
>>  (insert economy) simply isn't working. Then these might be a better 
>> idea.
>> And they might be right. Time will tell.
>> Steve raved/ranted to me and others how it wasn't new but now sexy 
>> because
>> people other than banks (bland) can use it for everything from 
>> Streaming
>> Spotify, to P2P gaming and lots more.
>>
>> I like you find it black magic yet cool
>> (Clear as mud?)
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 10:04 AM, Owen Densmore <owen at backspaces.net> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I blush to say that I'm not current with blockchain technology. Or 
>>> why it
>>> works. Or why I'd want to use it.
>>>
>>> If it is as robust as it appears, I'm wondering if it will have the 
>>> same
>>> revolutionary impact on the internet (tcp/ip and protocols built on 
>>> top of
>>> it), as the Brave browser is having on the web and browsers. Brave 
>>> does use
>>> bitcoin for contributing to content providers.
>>>
>>> For example, would an IMAP email tech built on top on blockchains 
>>> make
>>> email safer and make many vulnerabilities impossible?
>>>
>>> On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 1:36 PM, Tom Johnson <tom at jtjohnson.com> 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Techno evolution?
>>>>
>>>> https://blockgeeks.com/guides/what-is-blockchain-technology/
>
>
> -- 
> ☣ glen
>
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