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		vitus on March 3, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Did Schnorr destroy RSA? Show me the factors Actually, you're only increasing the length of the number by a factor of 2, since 2^400 is a 400-bit number. If true, it's still leaps and bounds ahead of anything we have today, though.

AnimalMuppet on March 4, 2021 [–]

Fair point. "Increasing the key [not the length of the key] by a factor of 2^400".

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