Decrypted Notes

Truthfully speaking, nobody seems to have anything that resembles a practically useful quantum computer. So a natural thing to wonder is why go through the huge hassle of transitioning the entire internet to post-quantum cryptography in the next 5 years?

New cryptographic schemes appear weekly, yet almost none reach production. Here is how that filter actually works: NIST, the eight-year post-quantum competition, and the five schemes now being standardised. Part one of three.