Comment by nk_kolja
1 day ago
So RSA 260 is about 2-3 times harder than RSA 250, which was solved in 2700 core hours in 2020, so it’s probably no algorithmic improvements, just a tweak here and there plus faster hardware.
1 day ago
So RSA 260 is about 2-3 times harder than RSA 250, which was solved in 2700 core hours in 2020, so it’s probably no algorithmic improvements, just a tweak here and there plus faster hardware.
2700 core years
faster hardware could also mean gpu/asic/etc.