2024.08.21 18:37:46 (Mastodon 113001461591832239, Twitter 1826327879481000293) from Daniel J. Bernstein:
Amazing gap between attack reality and cryptographer perceptions. Reality: Bitcoin-mining hardware is five orders of magnitude more efficient than general-purpose CPUs. Perceptions: Niels Ferguson claims at Crypto 2024 that attackers will use CPUs instead of optimizing circuits.