Question

Will AES-256 be publicly broken by 2040?

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Total Forecasters106

Community Prediction5% (2% - 15%)

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community: 5%

Authors:

uganda

Opened:

Jan 25, 2021

Closes:

Jan 20, 2030

Scheduled resolution:

Jan 1, 2040

Computing and Math

Cryptography

Quantum mechanics

Advanced Encryption Standard

Grover's algorithm

Cybersecurity standards

Cyber-security regulation

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