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  Post-Quantum Signatures for Blockchains (Dan Boneh)

  video · protocol · 4.2k views · 52d ago
  chapters (15)

  1. 0:00Why blockchains need to prepare for quantum computers
  2. 3:05Why Bitcoin may bet on hash-based signatures
  3. 6:25The “big footgun” in stateful signatures
  4. 8:58A quantum-safe signature that takes one billion hashes
  5. 14:13Inside SLH-DSA’s virtual tree
  6. 20:30How Bitcoin and Ethereum could make the switch
  7. 23:48What happens when a wallet loses its state?
  8. 32:47Can threshold signing survive the quantum transition?
  9. 36:39How to hide lattice cryptography from the blockchain
  10. 38:49Why threshold one-time signatures seem impossible
  11. 45:36How context prevents forged signatures
  12. 49:37The forgotten idea behind Winternitz signatures
  13. 54:50Turning one-time signatures into threshold signatures
  14. 1:04:27Will quantum-safe signatures require bigger Bitcoin blocks?
  15. 1:06:26Abandoned bitcoin and Satoshi’s recovery problem