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Vitalik Buterin calls obfuscation cryptography’s ‘final boss,’ but says current approaches remain wildly impractical
Vitalik Buterin described obfuscation as cryptography’s 'final boss,' highlighting impractical iO schemes with 'literally galactic' runtimes. Current approaches to obfuscation cryptography remain unworkable due to extreme computational demands.
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