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#Code-Based Cryptography

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A visual representation of the HQC Algorithm
Post-Quantum Cryptography Advanced

HQC (Hamming Quasi-Cyclic)

In March 2025, NIST picked a second code-based algorithm to back up Kyber — one that hides its noise completely differently from McEliece. Learn how HQC masks a public, unscrambled code with pure algebraic randomness instead.

A visual representation of the McEliece Algorithm
Post-Quantum Cryptography Advanced

The McEliece Cryptosystem

McEliece has survived over 45 years of cryptanalysis without ever being broken — and it's one of NIST's chosen post-quantum standards. Learn how hiding an error-correcting code behind scrambling matrices creates a public-key system quantum computers can't crack.