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by shawabawa3 1088 days ago
> Maybe someone can tell me what fast prime factorization is good for besides breaking encryption.

Maybe someone can tell me what alchemy is good for besides turning lead into gold?
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Retric 1088 days ago
Prime factorization only breaks a subset of crypto algorithms, it’s not that useful or game changing alone.
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NooneAtAll3 1088 days ago
considering that the world is transitioning to post-quantum crypto... everyone moved from gold to digital currencies, pretty much
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