nova as in folding schemes (https://github.com/microsoft/Nova)

was just chatting with someone abt how overhyped it was for a hot second. Even ‘gigabrains’ follow trends

What was the overhype? All I saw was people shipping a bunch of very real performance improvements with 10/10 security properties (unlike a certain other family.. 👀)

which other family?

I thought nova and folding were overhyped relative to fri

STARKs/FRI continue to have more than questionable security properties

STARKs/FRI continue to have more than questionable security properties

https://x.com/nibnalin/status/1626824962299527169

I don’t disagree!

But I also think the belief not that long ago was that the world would be nova centric and that’s not borne out

To be clear I’m also not a fri maxi or anything (we don’t even use fri today), just pointing out the comparison point