What podcasts say about Alex Pruden

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What Alex Pruden has said on podcasts

15 statements · 2 positive · 7 negative · 1 mixed · 5 neutral

on hash-based signatures and shared-key encryptionMixedOct 21, 2026· Unchained
Hash-based signatures can replace signatures but not necessarily shared-key encryption.
“you can always solve the signature problem by doing hash-based signatures, but you're not going to be able to necessarily solve this shared encryption problem.”
Listen at 16:00
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on ZcashNeutralOct 21, 2026· Unchained
Zcash privacy-preserving protocols rely on encryption.
“privacy preserving schemes, like, for example, Zcash, effectively do rely on this encryption, encrypted notes”
Listen at 16:19
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on blockchain cryptography migrationNegativeOct 21, 2026· Unchained
Blockchain developers should not hastily discard existing cryptography.
“we shouldn't rush this and, you know, and throw, you know, and throw everything that we know is good away.”
Listen at 24:14
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on blockchainPositiveOct 21, 2026· Unchained
Blockchains can recover from catastrophic cryptographic failures.
“I think blockchains can recover.”
Listen at 27:24
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on blockchain cryptographyNeutralOct 21, 2026· Unchained
Blockchain cryptography is unusually close to direct monetary control.
“the cryptography on blockchains is like the closest thing to money”
Listen at 28:45
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on NIST post-quantum schemesNeutralOct 21, 2026· Unchained
NIST has standardized both lattice-based and hash-based post-quantum schemes.
“NIST, the National Institute of Standard Technology in the United States, has standardized two post-quantum schemes, a lattice one and a hash-based one.”
Listen at 34:54
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on hash-based cryptographyNegativeOct 21, 2026· Unchained
Hash-based cryptography has worse performance and larger size than alternatives.
“Hash-based cryptography is bigger, slower, worse along many performance dimensions.”
Listen at 35:21
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on blockchain cryptographic securityNeutralOct 21, 2026· Unchained
Blockchain security will shift from elliptic curves to multiple cryptographic schemes.
“we are going to leave the world of monolithic, elliptic curb security, and we're going to enter into a multipolar world”
Listen at 36:53
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on Bitcoin hashingNeutralOct 21, 2026· Unchained
Bitcoin generates an extremely large number of hashes per block.
“the number of hashes that get made for every single Bitcoin block is astronomically huge.”
Listen at 45:14
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on blockchain cryptographic migrationNegativeOct 21, 2026· Unchained
Doing nothing about cryptographic migration will have catastrophic consequences.
“choosing to do nothing, I absolutely think will have catastrophic consequences.”
Listen at 47:52
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on blockchain cryptographic migrationPositiveOct 21, 2026· Unchained
Chains that proactively act are more likely to fare better.
“my bet is on the chains that are at least choosing to do something”
Listen at 48:02
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on Quantum threats to cryptographyNegativeOct 21, 2026· Unchained
A realistic quantum attack may emerge around 2030 at the earliest.
“my earliest date where I think a quantum attack is realistic is probably around 2030.”
Listen at 50:01
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on Quantum threats to cryptographyNegativeOct 21, 2026· Unchained
Quantum attacks are more likely than not by 2033–2035.
“a chance where it's more likely than not is called, you know, the early to mid 2030s. So 2033 to 2035.”
Listen at 50:07
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on quantum attack timelinesNegativeOct 21, 2026· Unchained
Recent quantum error-correction results increase the likelihood of earlier attacks.
“I think we are more likely in the case where it is earlier”
Listen at 50:15
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on blockchain cryptographic recovery planningNegativeOct 21, 2026· Unchained
Consensus-building, rather than mitigation design, is the main implementation challenge.
“The hard part is not coming up with ways in which to mitigate this. The hard part is how to figure out how to build this consensus”
Listen at 56:29
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