Ethereum Foundation Shifts Away from Poseidon in Post-Quantum Strategy
The Ethereum Foundation is pivoting away from the Poseidon algorithm in its post-quantum strategy due to advancements in compact proofs that have reduced Poseidon's performance advantage. Researcher Justin Drake highlighted this significant shift, indicating a move towards established hash functions like SHA-2 and BLAKE2s after an extensive eight-year research effort.
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Ethereum Foundation pivots away from Poseidon in post-quantum plan
Advances in compact proofs have erased Poseidon’s previous performance advantage, according to researcher Justin Drake.
Ethereum L1 drops Poseidon in post-quantum move
Ethereum Foundation researcher Justin Drake has said the network’s layer 1 will leave Poseidon after an eight-year, eight-figure research effort and pursue established hash functions such as SHA-2 or BLAKE2s. Ethereum L1 turns away from Poseidon Justin Drake said in…