Has there ever been an algorithm invented that improved performance so much that existing hardware went from Unable to do the thing to Easily able to do the thing?
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@WomanCorn The SIKE break took SIKE from "cannot be broken with all the computing in the world" to "a laptop, one core, one hour" https://www.quantamagazine.org/post-quantum-cryptography-scheme-is-cracked-on-a-laptop-20220824/
