For over ten years, there was one killer problem blocking fully homomorphic encryption: noise keeps piling up.
Here's what happens — each time you multiply encrypted data, noise gets added to the mix. Do this five, maybe ten times? Your ciphertext turns into gibberish. Completely unreadable.
Then Gentry dropped his 2009 proof showing bootstrapping could reset the whole thing.
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MetaverseLandlady
· 2h ago
Those ten years of accumulating noise were truly torturous. Thinking back on it now, it feels a bit unbelievable.
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RumbleValidator
· 5h ago
I've seen the issue of noise accumulation too many times. Gentry's bootstrapping theory is indeed elegant, but the real key lies in validating node stability in practical implementation.
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ArbitrageBot
· 5h ago
The issue of noise accumulation is truly formidable; it has stalled so many people for a decade.
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MEVSandwichVictim
· 5h ago
The accumulation of noise is really something else; it feels like playing with Russian nesting dolls.
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ImpermanentPhobia
· 5h ago
The problem of noise accumulation is truly remarkable. After being stuck for ten years, the breakthrough came from bootstrapping—Gentry's technique is truly brilliant.
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GetRichLeek
· 5h ago
Oh my god, it took ten years to solve the noise accumulation problem? Why didn't I see this article when I bought the dip on FHE... Now I'm taking a huge loss.
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LiquidationHunter
· 5h ago
The noise accumulation during those ten years was really something. It felt like every multiplication was just stuffing garbage into the ciphertext, and after ten or so multiplications, it was completely unusable. Gentry's bootstrapping trick was truly a game changer.
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Layer2Observer
· 5h ago
The issue of noise accumulation is indeed a technical bottleneck. Gentry's bootstrapping scheme was certainly groundbreaking at the time, but how has the practical adoption of FHE progressed over the years? It feels like the hype hasn't quite lived up to expectations.
For over ten years, there was one killer problem blocking fully homomorphic encryption: noise keeps piling up.
Here's what happens — each time you multiply encrypted data, noise gets added to the mix. Do this five, maybe ten times? Your ciphertext turns into gibberish. Completely unreadable.
Then Gentry dropped his 2009 proof showing bootstrapping could reset the whole thing.