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Post-quantum cryptography (PQC)

Summary

Cryptographic primitives that are secure against adversaries with quantum capabilities. Not to be confused with quantum cryptography, where the users of the cryptography must have quantum capabilities; in PQC, the protocol itself can still use classical computers, it's just secure against a broader class of adversaries (quantum in addition to classical adversaries).

Code-based cryptography
Hash-based cryptography
Isogeny-based cryptography
Lattice-based cryptography
Cryptography based on lattice hardness assumptions.