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by michaelt 1926 days ago
Still, if this new algorithm could threaten 1024 bit RSA using 10,000 computers for 10,000 days after a 10,000x speed up from optimisation, it should be able to solve the RSA-896 factoring challenge with a single computer for a single day without optimisation, shouldn't it?

After all, 2^896 is 38 orders of magnitude smaller than 2^1024.