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[openpgp] cryptocurrency standardisation

Ian G <iang@iang.org> Thu, 05 November 2015 19:21 UTC

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Subject: [openpgp] cryptocurrency standardisation
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On 05/11/2015 11:31, Simon Josefsson wrote:
> There is not a lot of cryptocurrency standardisation going on in the IETF, alas. What do you think about using the term "proof of work" in the title instead? It appears to be the cryptographic property that cryptocurrencies (and other applications!) want from a primitive. I perceive that other PoW-ideas may be standardized in the IETF before currencies are.


If argon is being proposed for a proof of work only then it should not 
include cryptocurrency in the title.

Also, standardisation in the cryptocurrency world works a bit different 
to how it works in IETF WG fashion - I'm not sure I can see the 
benefit.  Standardisation works best when the system is already out 
there and in use, not as sort of trial balloon - is argon in use in any 
systems as a PoW?

Colour me skeptical!

iang

> Have you or anyone provided security reductions for Argon2 btw? Similar to the reductions that are available for Catena.  They would help to substantiate any claims in the document that Argon2 is secure for its intended uses.
>
> /Simon
>
> Alex Biryukov <alex.biryukov@uni.lu> skrev: (5 november 2015 12:07:17 CET)
>> We discussed it briefly, would it be possible to add "cryptocurrency"
>> to
>> the title to cover two main usage areas. Then it would  make sense to
>> keep
>> both Argon2i and Argon2d in the standard.
>>
>> "The memory-hard Argon2 password and cryptocurrency hash function
>> draft-josefsson-argon2-00
>>
>>

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