Cryptographers push back: claims ECC is likely to break are not consensus
jedisct1 · x · 2026-11-02
Cryptographer Yehuda Lindell rebutted the claim that ECC is likely to break, stressing this is far from consensus among cryptographers and lacks any supporting evidence; claims that symmetric crypto is more secure are likewise unsupported. The thread was sparked by Vitalik's nod to "post-AI cryptography".
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