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Nigel Smart
@smartcryptology.bsky.social
· Dec 19
Decentralized Key Generation for Zama Mainnet Has Successfully Completed
The Decentralized Key Generation (DKG) ceremony for the Zama mainnet has completed successfully.
www.zama.org
Fully robust MPC protocol over Galois Rings, executing a TFHE DKG protocol amongst 13 parties, taking 55 hours, with 10.5 Terabytes of data sent per party....
www.zama.org/post/decentr...
www.zama.org/post/decentr...
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FHE.org would like to thank @leastauthority.bsky.social for their continued sponsorship this year (and last!) of the FHE.org 2026 conference.
#FHE #HomomorphicEncryption #FHE2026 #LeastAuthority
#FHE #HomomorphicEncryption #FHE2026 #LeastAuthority
February 13, 2026 at 2:02 PM
FHE.org would like to thank @leastauthority.bsky.social for their continued sponsorship this year (and last!) of the FHE.org 2026 conference.
#FHE #HomomorphicEncryption #FHE2026 #LeastAuthority
#FHE #HomomorphicEncryption #FHE2026 #LeastAuthority
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bloody Normans, coming over here and holding the battle of Hastings not even in Hastings but in Battle.
February 12, 2026 at 10:39 AM
bloody Normans, coming over here and holding the battle of Hastings not even in Hastings but in Battle.
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Today I was looking at an article on Multi-Party Threshold #Cryptography and wondered why "threshold" has only one h. Turns out the etymology is not "thresh-hold" at all, but "thresh-wold", possibly from the Middle English word "wold" meaning "forest". Mind blown.
February 7, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Today I was looking at an article on Multi-Party Threshold #Cryptography and wondered why "threshold" has only one h. Turns out the etymology is not "thresh-hold" at all, but "thresh-wold", possibly from the Middle English word "wold" meaning "forest". Mind blown.
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Last chance: the early registration deadline is tomorrow, February 6 (AoE).
rwc.iacr.org/2026/registr...
rwc.iacr.org/2026/registr...
RWC 2026 registration
Real World Crypto Symposium
rwc.iacr.org
February 5, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Last chance: the early registration deadline is tomorrow, February 6 (AoE).
rwc.iacr.org/2026/registr...
rwc.iacr.org/2026/registr...
"The Internet has mostly divided itself into people who already know these allegations are true, because they don’t trust Meta and of course Meta can read your messages — and a second set of people who also don’t trust Meta but mostly think this is unsupported nonsense"
Well said Matt.
Well said Matt.
I wrote a short blog post on the WhatsApp lawsuit, or whatever it is. blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2026/02/02/w...
WhatsApp Encryption, a Lawsuit, and a Lot of Noise
It’s not every day that we see mainstream media get excited about encryption apps! For that reason, the past several days have been fascinating, since we’ve been given not one but sever…
blog.cryptographyengineering.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:00 PM
"The Internet has mostly divided itself into people who already know these allegations are true, because they don’t trust Meta and of course Meta can read your messages — and a second set of people who also don’t trust Meta but mostly think this is unsupported nonsense"
Well said Matt.
Well said Matt.
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Come be part of Cedarcrypt, our historic new initiative to grow cryptography research, development and representation in the Levant region!
We're seeking speakers and workshop leaders: our call for submissions is open! Learn more: cedarcrypt.org
Please spread the word!
We're seeking speakers and workshop leaders: our call for submissions is open! Learn more: cedarcrypt.org
Please spread the word!
Cedarcrypt 2026 - Applied Cryptography Summer School & Conference
Join us for four days of applied cryptography in the Mediterranean. July 13-16, 2026 at AUB Mediterraneo Campus, Paphos, Cyprus.
cedarcrypt.org
February 3, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Come be part of Cedarcrypt, our historic new initiative to grow cryptography research, development and representation in the Levant region!
We're seeking speakers and workshop leaders: our call for submissions is open! Learn more: cedarcrypt.org
Please spread the word!
We're seeking speakers and workshop leaders: our call for submissions is open! Learn more: cedarcrypt.org
Please spread the word!
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The IACR board sent a survey to members last year, and it took us a while to analyze the results and publish findings. You can see them at iacr.org/surveyresults/
International Association for Cryptologic Research
iacr.org
February 3, 2026 at 12:24 AM
The IACR board sent a survey to members last year, and it took us a while to analyze the results and publish findings. You can see them at iacr.org/surveyresults/
Secrets Shared, Privacy Preserved – A Celebration of the Work of Nigel Smart
www.esat.kuleuven.be
February 2, 2026 at 4:48 PM
It has been an exciting past week for Zama.
Now the results are in. The first sealed bid auction conducted using Fully Homomorphic Encryption, and it all went smoothly.
Fully Homomorphic Encryption is now here and ready to use.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/zama-p...
Now the results are in. The first sealed bid auction conducted using Fully Homomorphic Encryption, and it all went smoothly.
Fully Homomorphic Encryption is now here and ready to use.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/zama-p...
The Zama Public Auction: $118M Committed for the First Encrypted ICO on Ethereum
This has been years in the making. A few weeks ago, Zama announced its launch on mainnet with the first Confidential USDT (cUSDT) transfer on Ethereum.
www.linkedin.com
January 26, 2026 at 12:21 PM
It has been an exciting past week for Zama.
Now the results are in. The first sealed bid auction conducted using Fully Homomorphic Encryption, and it all went smoothly.
Fully Homomorphic Encryption is now here and ready to use.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/zama-p...
Now the results are in. The first sealed bid auction conducted using Fully Homomorphic Encryption, and it all went smoothly.
Fully Homomorphic Encryption is now here and ready to use.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/zama-p...
Reminder that the next submission deadline for IACR's Communications in Cryptology is next Monday.
Remember this is a fully reviewed Diamond Open Access (free for authors, free for readers) journal , published by the premier cryptographic society on earth.
cic.iacr.org
Remember this is a fully reviewed Diamond Open Access (free for authors, free for readers) journal , published by the premier cryptographic society on earth.
cic.iacr.org
IACR Communications in Cryptology
cic.iacr.org
January 26, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Reminder that the next submission deadline for IACR's Communications in Cryptology is next Monday.
Remember this is a fully reviewed Diamond Open Access (free for authors, free for readers) journal , published by the premier cryptographic society on earth.
cic.iacr.org
Remember this is a fully reviewed Diamond Open Access (free for authors, free for readers) journal , published by the premier cryptographic society on earth.
cic.iacr.org
Looking forward to the NIST workshop on Multi-Party Threshold Schemes next week. It has been a long time since the project was first conceived by NIST, but now excited it is really all systems go.
csrc.nist.gov/events/2026/...
My talk will be on Tuesday
csrc.nist.gov/events/2026/...
My talk will be on Tuesday
MPTS 2026 | CSRC
Quick links (MPTS 2025): Call for talks (PDF file); Talk proposal form (PDF file); Registration page (ZoomGov); Workshop dates and place: November 17–20, fully virtual. Attendance: Attendance is ...
csrc.nist.gov
January 21, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Looking forward to the NIST workshop on Multi-Party Threshold Schemes next week. It has been a long time since the project was first conceived by NIST, but now excited it is really all systems go.
csrc.nist.gov/events/2026/...
My talk will be on Tuesday
csrc.nist.gov/events/2026/...
My talk will be on Tuesday
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FHE.org would like to thank Brightside for their sponsorship this year (and last!) of the FHE.org 2026 conference.
Sponsorships like Brightside's make it possible to provide a quality conference with great speakers and free student admission.
#FHE #HomomorphicEncryption #FHE2026 #brightside
Sponsorships like Brightside's make it possible to provide a quality conference with great speakers and free student admission.
#FHE #HomomorphicEncryption #FHE2026 #brightside
January 19, 2026 at 2:30 PM
FHE.org would like to thank Brightside for their sponsorship this year (and last!) of the FHE.org 2026 conference.
Sponsorships like Brightside's make it possible to provide a quality conference with great speakers and free student admission.
#FHE #HomomorphicEncryption #FHE2026 #brightside
Sponsorships like Brightside's make it possible to provide a quality conference with great speakers and free student admission.
#FHE #HomomorphicEncryption #FHE2026 #brightside
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It’s a tremendous honour, really tremendous - to be presented with a ‘World No.1 University’ ranking from Oxford. Very smart people. The best. Everyone knows it. Nobody thought it could happen, but here we are. Absolutely incredible.
January 16, 2026 at 5:15 PM
It’s a tremendous honour, really tremendous - to be presented with a ‘World No.1 University’ ranking from Oxford. Very smart people. The best. Everyone knows it. Nobody thought it could happen, but here we are. Absolutely incredible.
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New resource added to FHE.org /resources :
"AAAI 2024 Tutorial: Fully Homomorphic Encryption for Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning using the OpenFHE Library" by Ian Quah, Yuriy Polyakov, and Sukanya Mandal.
fhe.org/resources/#0...
#FHE #Homomorphicencryption #OpenFHE
"AAAI 2024 Tutorial: Fully Homomorphic Encryption for Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning using the OpenFHE Library" by Ian Quah, Yuriy Polyakov, and Sukanya Mandal.
fhe.org/resources/#0...
#FHE #Homomorphicencryption #OpenFHE
January 14, 2026 at 5:12 PM
New resource added to FHE.org /resources :
"AAAI 2024 Tutorial: Fully Homomorphic Encryption for Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning using the OpenFHE Library" by Ian Quah, Yuriy Polyakov, and Sukanya Mandal.
fhe.org/resources/#0...
#FHE #Homomorphicencryption #OpenFHE
"AAAI 2024 Tutorial: Fully Homomorphic Encryption for Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning using the OpenFHE Library" by Ian Quah, Yuriy Polyakov, and Sukanya Mandal.
fhe.org/resources/#0...
#FHE #Homomorphicencryption #OpenFHE
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There are now at least 365 UK MPs with accounts on Bluesky – more than half (56%) of all MPs
🔴 This includes nearly 70% of Labour MPs
🔶 Nearly 90% of Lib Dem MPs
🟢 All the 4 Green MPs
🔵 But only 5% of Conservative MPs
➡️ No Reform MPs
🔴 This includes nearly 70% of Labour MPs
🔶 Nearly 90% of Lib Dem MPs
🟢 All the 4 Green MPs
🔵 But only 5% of Conservative MPs
➡️ No Reform MPs
More MPs are coming off X and I assume that means they will be posting more on here
@politicshome.bsky.social has a handy list of all the MPs on Bluesky
Please point out anyone who is missing!
@politicshome.bsky.social has a handy list of all the MPs on Bluesky
Please point out anyone who is missing!
January 12, 2026 at 7:33 PM
There are now at least 365 UK MPs with accounts on Bluesky – more than half (56%) of all MPs
🔴 This includes nearly 70% of Labour MPs
🔶 Nearly 90% of Lib Dem MPs
🟢 All the 4 Green MPs
🔵 But only 5% of Conservative MPs
➡️ No Reform MPs
🔴 This includes nearly 70% of Labour MPs
🔶 Nearly 90% of Lib Dem MPs
🟢 All the 4 Green MPs
🔵 But only 5% of Conservative MPs
➡️ No Reform MPs
Best way to start RWC week in Taipei is to go to FHE.org....
FHE.org 2026 program chairs have finalized the program for the 5th annual FHE.org conference, March 8th in Taipei, Taiwan.
Check out the great planned talks and posters for this year and don't forget to register for your tickets today!
👉️ fhe.org/2026/program
#FHE #homomorphicEncryption #FHE2026
Check out the great planned talks and posters for this year and don't forget to register for your tickets today!
👉️ fhe.org/2026/program
#FHE #homomorphicEncryption #FHE2026
January 12, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Best way to start RWC week in Taipei is to go to FHE.org....
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Registration for Real World Crypto 2026 is now open! rwc.iacr.org/2026/registr...
RWC 2026 registration
Real World Crypto Symposium
rwc.iacr.org
January 9, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Registration for Real World Crypto 2026 is now open! rwc.iacr.org/2026/registr...
IACR just published Volume 2, Issue 4 of the IACR Communications in Cryptology: see cic.iacr.org/i/2/4. This issue consists of 39 papers.
Volume 2, Issue 4
cic.iacr.org
January 9, 2026 at 8:12 AM
IACR just published Volume 2, Issue 4 of the IACR Communications in Cryptology: see cic.iacr.org/i/2/4. This issue consists of 39 papers.
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The Real World Crypto 2026 program is now online: rwc.iacr.org/2026/program...
We look forward to seeing many of you!
We look forward to seeing many of you!
RWC 2026 program
Real World Crypto Symposium
rwc.iacr.org
January 8, 2026 at 10:16 PM
The Real World Crypto 2026 program is now online: rwc.iacr.org/2026/program...
We look forward to seeing many of you!
We look forward to seeing many of you!
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New resource added to FHE.org/resources :
"The State of FHE Report: Hardware Edition" by Zama.
fhe.org/resources/#0...
Know of an FHE resource that should be shared? Let us know below!
#FHE #HomomorphicEncryption #Hardware
"The State of FHE Report: Hardware Edition" by Zama.
fhe.org/resources/#0...
Know of an FHE resource that should be shared? Let us know below!
#FHE #HomomorphicEncryption #Hardware
January 7, 2026 at 1:54 PM
New resource added to FHE.org/resources :
"The State of FHE Report: Hardware Edition" by Zama.
fhe.org/resources/#0...
Know of an FHE resource that should be shared? Let us know below!
#FHE #HomomorphicEncryption #Hardware
"The State of FHE Report: Hardware Edition" by Zama.
fhe.org/resources/#0...
Know of an FHE resource that should be shared? Let us know below!
#FHE #HomomorphicEncryption #Hardware