The NSA Is Trying To Backdoor Bitcoin, Warns Peter Todd — Here’s How

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Prominent Bitcoin developer Peter Todd alleged on Monday, October 6, that the US National Security Agency (NSA) is “looking to backdoor crypto again” via the rollout of so-called quantum-secure algorithms—this time by pushing deployments that exclude tried-and-tested classical cryptography.

“Tl;dr: the NSA is clearly looking to backdoor crypto again with the rollout of “quantum secure” algorithms. The obvious way to implement them is AND: traditional AND quantum secure. So you need to break both. The NSA is trying to remove that seatbelt: quantum-only,” Todd wrote.

Is The NSA Plotting A Quantum Backdoor Into Bitcoin?

Todd’s comments came as cryptographer Daniel J. Bernstein (DJB) published a pair of blog posts—on October 4

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