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The Ethereum Foundation sets strict 128-bit encryption rules for 2026

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2025-12-20 20:49:36
The Ethereum Foundation says the only acceptable end goal for L1 is "provable security", not "security that assumes that conjecture X holds".
They set 128-bit security as their goal, aligning it with mainstream encryption standards bodies and academic literature on long-standing systems, as well as with real-world recorded calculations that suggest that 128-bit is practically out of reach for attackers.
EF pointed out some specific tools aimed at achieving the 128-bit, less than 300 KB goal. They focused on WHIR, a new Reed-Solomon proximity test and a multi-linear polynomial commitment scheme.
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