This repository documents the conceptual framework introduced in:
A Quantum Quandary: Does Algorithmic Complexity Inherently Diminish Security
The Consensus-Driven Optimal Complexity (CDOC) framework formalizes the relationship between algorithmic complexity and cryptographic security as a measurable, bounded system governed by cost and adversarial feasibility.
At its foundation is the Adversarial Feasibility Window (AFW), which defines the bounded interval where attacks are both feasible and operationally relevant under joint constraints on adversarial success and computational cost.
Core contributions include:
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Adversarial Feasibility Window (AFW)
A bounded interval where attacks are both feasible and operationally relevant. -
Consensus-Driven Optimal Complexity (CDOC)
An equilibrium framework identifying optimal stopping points for complexity based on marginal cost and marginal security gain. -
Chintropy
A curvature-based measure capturing second-order behavior in the complexity–security relationship.
This framework reframes cryptographic security as a dynamic equilibrium between resilience and complexity cost rather than an asymptotic guarantee, enabling measurable analysis of diminishing returns, feasibility, and collapse under evolving computational conditions.