1. Innovation at the Level of Quantum Security (504 bits)
"Quantum Hardness" Record: QuStream (QST/SOL) claims to have developed a cryptographic algorithm (patent pending) that achieves 504 bits of quantum hardness, which is the highest level of quantum resistance in the world.
Perfect Operational Secrecy (OPS): The technology aims to offer Perfect Operational Secrecy instead of just "resistance". This means that security does not rely on complex mathematical assumptions that quantum computers can break (like most PQC), but rather on the basic mathematics of the One-Time Pad (OTP).
2. Innovation in Key Model (Elimination of Static Key)
Dynamic Keys ("Key-less" Protocol): The biggest flaw in current encryption (including in blockchains) is static and fixed private keys. QuStream innovates by replacing them with a dynamic and one-time private key system. A new cryptographically linked key is generated for each use.
End of "Harvest Now, Decrypt Later": This dynamic model eliminates the single point of failure and makes the "Harvest Now, Decrypt Later" attack impossible, where attackers store encrypted data today to decrypt it with a future quantum computer.
3. Innovation in Speed and Efficiency
200,000x Faster: QuStream claims its system is up to 200,000 times faster than Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) alternatives and 50 times faster than AES (Advanced Encryption Standard).
Cost and Latency: By using a Quantum Noise-based technique for efficient key distribution, QuStream removes encryption as a "bottleneck", operating faster, cheaper, and without the need for expensive Hardware Security Modules (HSMs) or complex key management infrastructure.
4. External Validation
Peer-Reviewed Publication: The theoretical foundations of QuStream have been published and submitted to peer review in the IACR ePrint Archive, which is considered the gold standard for cryptographic research, lending credibility to its innovation.
QuStream (Qst/sol) is innovative because it not only proposes a solution to the quantum threat (which many PQC companies do), but it proposes a fundamentally different security architecture, focused on perfect secrecy, speed, and eliminating the single point of failure of static keys.
