Impact of the so-called foreshadowing flaw inside Intel processors. What was not discussed is the impact of the foreshadowing bug for future developments for cryptocurrency:
https://www.coindesk.com/what-intels-foreshadow-flaw-means-for-the-future-of-cryptocurrency/Moxie Marlinspike's MobilCoin project with SGX in a prominent role, now should be postponed for the time being.
That is a bad thing for an initiative that tries to create a more eco-friendly alternative to gigantic energy-consuming "mining". SGX as a new a new way of saving private keys now is put on hold for a while.
It is a good thing a fix for that particular flaw was ready by Intel a few months before the flaw was openly disclosed, but as the mitigation and patches are slow to be implemented overall, we still will be confronted with a vulnerable infrastructure for quite some time.
"Trusted hardware". We have to wait a while when we can talk about real "trusted hardware" again.
Root causes for such problems are big commerce with almost murderous processor competition.
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