@paulmillr: Weekly downloads, last 12 months: - hashes: 4x growth => 48M/week - curves: 3x - pq: 95x Two trends stand out: 1. High-…
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Weekly download growth for open-source crypto libraries: hashes up 4x (48M/week), curves 3x, post-quantum 95x. New self-audited releases of 14 libraries with security upgrades.
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Weekly downloads, last 12 months:
- hashes: 4x growth => 48M/week
- curves: 3x
- pq: 95x
Two trends stand out:
- High-quality OSS is likely to see massive growth over the coming years.
- Most users won’t know - or care - which library they’re using.
Long-term, OSS becomes infrastructure. Everyone depends on it. Almost nobody knows it exists. Plumbing!
Until then, we keep cooking. Fresh self-audited releases of 14 libraries are live, with substantial security and quality upgrades.
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