Comment Comment by peppermint_gum Whenever the topic of DJB vs NIST comes up, there are always people saying "this may look petty, but he has a spotless track record, so we have to trust him".I want to push back on this a little by linking this Twitter thread:https://nitter.net/FiloSottile/status/1555669786826244096It shows that there's a pattern of Bernstein and his associates threatening fellow cryptographers.It's entirely possible to be a brilliant cryptographer and also a petty person, those things aren't mutually exclusive. parent peppermint_gum 3 years ago
I want to push back on this a little by linking this Twitter thread:
https://nitter.net/FiloSottile/status/1555669786826244096
It shows that there's a pattern of Bernstein and his associates threatening fellow cryptographers.
It's entirely possible to be a brilliant cryptographer and also a petty person, those things aren't mutually exclusive.