[tptacek]

I was explicit about what the real argument isn't: the notion that lattice cryptography is under-studied compared to RSA/ECC.

I understand what your takeaway from this thread is, but my perspective is that the thread is a mix of people who actually work in this field and people who don't, both sides with equally strong opinions but not equally strong premises. The person I replied to literally followed up by saying they don't follow the space! Would you have assumed that from their preceding comment?

(Not to pick on them; acknowledging that limitation on their perspective was a stand-up move, and I appreciate it.)

You do "XYZ isn't the right argument, ABC is" on a thread like that, and the reply tends to be "well yeah that's what I meant, ABC is just a special case of XYZ". No thanks.

[cyberax]

I'm not a professional cryptographer, but I _am_ really interested in opinions of experts in the field and I do have a lot of prior experience with crypto (the actual kind, not *coin). From my point of view, I just don't see what's the fuss is all about.

[tptacek]

I'm really not looking to drill further into the comment you wrote. I think we've converged on a shared understanding at this point.

[fc417fc802]

There's no shared understanding, just a snarky expert claiming (in effect) "I know better than all you simpletons but I'm not going to share". At best it's incredibly poor behavior. At worst it's the behavior of someone who doesn't actually have a defensible point to make.

[tptacek]

:thatsbait: