| ▲ | layer8 3 hours ago | |
> The only exception is when there would exist some digital documents that would completely replace some traditional paper documents that have legal significance, like some documents proving ownership of something, which would be digitally signed, so forging them in the future could be useful for somebody, in which case a future-proof signing method would make sense for them. This very much exists. In particular, the cryptographic timestamps that are supposed to protect against future tampering are themselves currently using RSA or EC. | ||
| ▲ | ekr____ 3 hours ago | parent [-] | |
Yes, though we do know how to solve this problem by using hash-based timestamping systems. See: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00196791 Of course, the modern version of this is putting the timestamp and a hash of the signature on the blockchain. | ||