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Cryspen @cryspen.com · 09/03/2026
Alex will be speaking at Leaning In! 2026 in Berlin this Thursday, March 12. In his presentation, "Verifying security-critical Rust code with Lean," he will introduce Hax, Cryspen's toolchain for transpiling annotated Rust into monadic Lean code. Event details: buff.ly/YcuZTVB
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Leaning In! 2026
A workshop for the Lean community - Thursday, March 12, 2026
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Cryspen @cryspen.com · 03/02/2026
🚀 Protect your data against harvest-now-decrypt-later attacks with PSQ! We’ve built a lightweight, hybrid post-quantum protocol that injects HNDL security into your existing protocols. The easiest way to start your post-quantum transition today without rewriting your entire stack. buff.ly/irOf0lH
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PSQ: Post-Quantum Shared Secrets Made Easy
We’re pleased to announce the PSQ protocol for establishing a hybrid post-quantum shared secret between two parties. Cryptographic protocols, which exclusively rely on classical public key…
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Cryspen @cryspen.com · 20/01/2026
🚀 We’re growing! Cryspen is hiring. Are you passionate about high-assurance software or cutting-edge cryptography? We are looking for talented individuals to join our team. 🔹 Compiler and Verification Tools Engineer 🔹 Cryptography Engineer 👉 Apply here: buff.ly/J9TF6NB #Hiring #TechJobs
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Jobs at Cryspen. Browse all our open positions and become part of our growing team! We are currently looking for additions to our company. Apply today!
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Cryspen @cryspen.com · 11/12/2025
New blog post is live! 🦀 We used hax and F* to formally verify termination and panic freedom for a small real-world Rust crate. We also put Kani, Verus, and Aeneas to the test on the same code, exploring the different approaches, challenges, and proof efforts required by each tool. buff.ly/h5bG37W
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Verifying a real world Rust crate - hax
In this post, we are going to use hax and F* to verify a small real world Rust crate. Then, we will try other verification tools (Kani, Verus, Aeneas) to the same thing. The Rust crate gcd by Corey…
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Cryspen @cryspen.com · 25/11/2025
Catch Karthik, our Chief Researcher, at the European Conference on PQC Migration next week, where he will be championing the need for the EU to implement provably secure protocols and high-assurance software. See you there? 👋 📅 Dec 2-3, 2025 🔗 buff.ly/w3XMpJQ #PQC #EU
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Cryspen @cryspen.com · 17/11/2025
We're thrilled to welcome Alexander Bentkamp to the Cryspen family! Alex joins our Tools and Proofs team with a deep background in automated and interactive theorem proving. Welcome aboard, Alex! buff.ly/jsJHshv
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Cryspen Welcomes Alex
We welcome Alex to Cryspen
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Cryspen @cryspen.com · 03/11/2025
Headed to #escar this week? ​Catch Franziskus talking high assurance crypto. And don't miss Karthik's keynote at the "PQC Migration & Supply Chain Readiness" workshop. Lets connect and talk #verification and #cryptography. buff.ly/UPf2MiN ​#AutomotiveSecurity #PQC #Crypto #SupplyChain
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escar Europe - The World's Leading Automotive Cyber Security
22. escar Europe - November 19 to 20, 2024, Dortmund (Germany)
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COSIC @cosic.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
We are excited to share that Karthikeyan Bhargavan, co-founder and chief research scientist at Cryspen, will give a keynote talk at the PQCSA "PQC Migration & Supply Chain Readiness for the Automotive Industry" workshop (co-located with ESCAR in Frankfurt).
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Cryspen @cryspen.com · 29/10/2025
Excited to share our latest work on formally verifying the Rust standard library! We developed a new methodology to specify and test the Rust core library, helping to find and fix a bug in Rust's platform-specific SIMD functions. Learn more about our approach: buff.ly/IwMkWVm
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Formally Specifying and Testing the Rust Standard Library
Cryspen found and fixed bugs in the Rust SIMD libraries using formal specs
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Cryspen @cryspen.com · 13/10/2025
In Taipei for CCS 2025? 🇹🇼 Our CEO, Franziskus Kiefer, is giving a talk on Formal Security & Functional Verification of Crypto Protocols in Rust. Don't miss the chance to connect. Franziskus is keen to discuss the future of secure software development and cryptography.
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ACM CCS 2025
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Cryspen @cryspen.com · 07/10/2025
Attending the OpenSSL conference? 🗣️ Our Chief Researcher, Karthikeyan Bhargavan, is giving a talk on high assurance post-quantum cryptography. He'd love to connect, so come find him for a chat about the future of crypto! buff.ly/JIGSr0L #OpenSSL #PQC #PostQuantum #Cryptography #Cybersecurity
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OpenSSL Conference Prague 2025 | October 7-9, 2025
OpenSSL Conference Prague 2025 | October 7-9, 2025
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Cryspen @cryspen.com · 06/10/2025
We're excited to see the release of Signal's new post-quantum ratcheting protocol, SPQR! We are proud to have collaborated with the Signal team on the formal analysis of the design and implementation of this. Learn more on our blog buff.ly/Zi3rCBs and in Signal's announcement buff.ly/Srroli9
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Helping Secure Signal's Post-Quantum Transition
Cryspen worked with Signal to formally analyze their new post-quantum ratchet
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Cryspen @cryspen.com · 18/09/2025
RWC 2026 will be held in Taipei between March 9 and 11, 2026, and Karthik is serving as one of the program committee chairs. Submissions are now open and the deadline is October 10th. So if you have something cool you're doing with crypto, submit a talk!
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Cryspen @cryspen.com · 18/09/2025
Submissions for RWC 2026 are open now! Real World Crypto (RWC) is an annual event where cryptographers and security engineers can exchange ideas and results on the use of cryptography in mainstream applications. buff.ly/0PoLe2D
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RWC 2026
Real World Crypto Symposium
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Cryspen @cryspen.com · 18/08/2025
How do we prove our cryptography is secure? 🧐 Join a talk by our Chief Researcher, Karthikeyan Bhargavan, on the rise of formally verified crypto! #cryptography #formalverification #cybersecurity #PQC #infosec
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High-Assurance Post-Quantum Cryptography OpenSSL Conference
Recent years have seen several landmark results in the formal verification of high-performance cryptographic libraries, leading to verified crypto code being adopted by mainstream projects like…
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Cryspen @cryspen.com · 11/08/2025
JZLint 2.0 is here from MTG & Cryspen to lint post-quantum certificates! Now supporting ML-KEM & ML-DSA via libcrux. Read more detail on the blog: buff.ly/EviQFar #PQC #cryptography
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PQC Support for JZLint
MTG and Cryspen release JZLint 2.0: A tool for analyzing post-quantum certificates
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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 01/08/2025
Safer web browsing now possible thanks to spinout tech rooted in academic research. 🔐 On #WorldWideWebDay note Karthikeyan Bhargavan & team at Inria who developed tools to improve cryptographic security online. 👉 europa.eu/!hP6t8w #ERCPoC #AI #Cryptography #Encryption #WebSecurity @cryspen.com
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chrysn @chrysn.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/07/2025
We're launching the embedded-cal project: Providing access to hardware accelerated and formally proven cryptographic algorithms on #embedded systems in #RustLang. For this, I'm teaming up with @inria Paris and @cryspen, supported by the #EU funded @NGIZero. Right now we're going through […]
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XMTP @xmtp.org · 10/07/2025
As of today, XMTP is now a fully quantum-resistant decentralized messaging protocol. This means, any developer, anywhere in the world can leverage XMTP to provide their users with private, decentralized, & quantum-resistant messaging.
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Cryspen @cryspen.com · 09/07/2025
We're proud to be recognized by Wavestone on their 2025 Radar of French Cybersecurity Startups. A significant milestone that validates our core mission: building the essential developer tools for creating high-assurance software. Making provably secure software accessible to all developers.
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Radar des startups cybersécurité françaises 2025
Wavestone, en partenariat avec Bpifrance, a le plaisir de publier son Radar de l’innovation cybersécurité français 2025.
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Cryspen @cryspen.com · 30/06/2025
Cloudflare has launched Orange Me2eets, an open-source end-to-end encrypted video calling demo! Built on top of our OpenMLS implementation, this project showcases secure, private real-time communication. buff.ly/eEdJdnf #Cloudflare #E2EE #VideoCalling #OpenSource #OpenMLS
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Orange Me2eets: We made an end-to-end encrypted video calling app and it was easy
Orange Meets, our open-source video calling web application, now supports end-to-end encryption using the MLS protocol with continuous group key agreement
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Cryspen @cryspen.com · 17/06/2025
The hax toolchain already supports several proof backends, including F*, Rocq, ProVerif, and SSProve. Give it a try hax-playground.cryspen.com
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Cryspen @cryspen.com · 17/06/2025
With the support of this grant, Cryspen will release a new version of hax that can translate Rust source code to purely functional models in Lean, enabling users to mathematically prove the correctness of their code using the increasingly popular Lean proof assistant.
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Cryspen @cryspen.com · 17/06/2025
Cryspen is excited to announce it has been awarded a grant from the Ethereum Foundation to extend our hax verification toolchain with support for the Lean prover. Watch this space for more on this soon! #FormalVerification #Lean #Rust
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Cryspen @cryspen.com · 10/06/2025
At IEEE S&P, Théophile Wallez presented new results on the formal security verification of a bit-precise executable specification of TreeKEM, the core key agreement component of the MLS protocol. This work was done in collaboration with chief research scientist Karthikeyan Bhargavan.
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TreeKEM: A Modular Machine-Checked Symbolic Security Analysis of Group Key Agreement in Messaging Layer Security
The Messaging Layer Security (MLS) protocol standard proposes a novel tree-based protocol that enables efficient end-to-end encrypted messaging over large groups with thousands of members. Its…
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Cryspen @cryspen.com · 14/05/2025
Thrilled to welcome Clément to Cryspen's Tools and Proofs team! 🎉 His expertise in formal methods (PhD from Inria Paris!) will be for conducting rigorous proofs and enhancing our tooling. Welcome, Clément! 🚀 #NewHire #FormalMethods buff.ly/Ab4wuNA
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Cryspen Welcomes Clement
A Warm Welcome to Clement, Our Newest Cryspen Crew Member!
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Cryspen @cryspen.com · 06/05/2025
Updates from some of Cryspen's Open Source Projects! Check out our latest updates: - Dive into the latest developments from the past month on 𝐡𝐚𝐱. buff.ly/trIZnTx - And see how the 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐌𝐋𝐒 project is progressing and what's on the horizon. buff.ly/LAxrwnH
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This Month in Hax: April 2025 - hax
In April, we successfully merged 38 pull requests!
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Cryspen @cryspen.com · 07/04/2025
MLS Group State Forks: What, Why, How Group state forks are faulty states that MLS groups can end up in. We have a new blog post that looks at what they are exactly, how that happens and how to resolve them, and how a a new OpenMLS feature makes fork resolutions a little easier.
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MLS Group State Forks: What, Why, How
What are state forks, why can’t they happen but do anyway and how can they be resolved in OpenMLS?
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Cryspen @cryspen.com · 03/04/2025
Rust identifiers, demystified! We're revealing our analysis toolchain's secrets in our latest blog. Discover how we tackle global vs. local identifiers for better formal verification with hax. Read the full story: buff.ly/fWGDzLY #RustLang #CodeAnalysis #HighAssurance
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Redesigning Global Identifiers in hax - hax
A careful treatment of identifiers lies at the heart of all code analysis frameworks, and we hope our experience here proves useful to others.
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Cryspen @cryspen.com · 01/04/2025
Updates from some of Cryspen's Open Source Projects! Check out our latest updates: - Dive into the latest developments from the past month on 𝐡𝐚𝐱. buff.ly/TJpxWW1 - And see how the 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐌𝐋𝐒 project is progressing and what's on the horizon. buff.ly/VAJxltR
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This Month in Hax: March 2025 - hax
In March, we successfully merged 32 pull requests!
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Cryspen @cryspen.com · 27/03/2025
RWC 2025 buzzed with energy as the cutting edge of cryptography was presented to and discussed among an audience. Today, Cryspen teamed up with Google to showcase practical, scalable, verified solutions for high-assurance software and post-quantum cryptography.
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Cryspen @ RWC 2025
Real World Crypto 2025 buzzed with energy as the cutting edge of cryptography was presented to and discussed among an audience of leading researchers and developers from academia and industry. Today,…
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Cryspen @cryspen.com · 27/03/2025
New blog post! 📝 Control flow analysis with Hax. In this post we show how to ensure control flow properties such as "function A is always called before function B" in Rust. Super relevant for security! 🔒 buff.ly/ntTW299 #rustlang #formalverification #security
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Control flow analysis with hax
A difficulty of formal verification is that specifying programs can be hard. Certain kinds of programs can end up having a specification that is as complex as the code itself. In this case it is…
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Real World Crypto Symposium @rwc.iacr.org · 04/02/2025
Thank you to new sponsors of Real World Crypto 2025, CASA, Chelpis Quantum, Cryspen, and Interop Labs! Your contributions are essential in making this conference possible and we look forward to seeing you in Sofia!
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Cryspen @cryspen.com · 18/03/2025
Cryspen is heading to RWC in Sofia next week! 🚀 We'll be presenting "Using Formally Verified Post-Quantum Algorithms at Scale" and our team will be on hand to discuss all things high assurance software and crypto. Oh, and we're sponsoring too! buff.ly/IC7eg8O #RWC #Cryptography #PostQuantum
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RWC 2025
Real World Crypto Symposium
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Cryspen @cryspen.com · 15/03/2025
Exciting to see MLS gaining traction! 🚀 This increased adoption is a huge win for security and privacy in messaging. #MLS #Security #Privacy #XMTP #OpenMLS
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Cryspen @cryspen.com · 03/03/2025
New Blog Post: Making hax More Usable for Everyone! We've just published a new technical blog post detailing our ongoing efforts to improve hax. Learn about the strategies and implementations we're employing to make hax more usable and efficient for all users.
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Hax for everyone - hax
The hax toolchain has been successfully used to formally verify our cryptographic implementations for ML-KEM,Bertie and more. All these projects are developed with formal verification (using hax) in…
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Cryspen @cryspen.com · 13/02/2025
We welcomed Clara to the Cryspen team this month! She's a TU Berlin grad, a Rust enthusiast, and a passionate open-source contributor. Her skills in low-level programming and commitment to secure software make her a perfect fit for our mission.
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Cryspen Welcomes Clara
A Warm Welcome to Clara, Our Newest Cryspen Crew Member!
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Cryspen @cryspen.com · 11/02/2025
We are excited to be part of the PROTECT team to develop new approaches to make IT systems more resilient. www.dfki.de/en/web/news/...
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Protecting against cyberattacks: Project sets new standards in IT security with formal verification and flexibility
Cyberattacks on companies and public institutions are increasing dramatically worldwide. The PROTECT project, funded by the Cyberagentur, is developing solutions to enhance the resilience of IT system...
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Cryspen @cryspen.com · 31/01/2025
Our paper "hax: Verifying Security-Critical Rust Software using Multiple Provers" is now available on eprint and will be published in the VSTTE 2024 proceedings.
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Cryspen @cryspen.com · 22/01/2025
🚀 hax is entering a new era! 🚀 We're excited to announce the launch of our new website and our first official release! Check out our latest blog post to learn more about this exciting new chapter 🔗 hax.cryspen.com/blog/2025/01/21/a-n… #opensource #hax
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A new chapter - hax
We're thrilled to announce that hax is entering a new era of stability and growth with the launch of our new website, a fresh start at Cryspen, and our first official release, v0.1.0!
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Cryspen @cryspen.com · 21/01/2025
Cryspen is thrilled to be part of the "Verifiably Secure IT Ecosystem" funded by the Cyberagentur! 🚀
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Cryspen @cryspen.com · 14/01/2025
Test your PQC readiness now! Our new website, featuring our formally verified libcrux crypto library, makes it easy to see if your browser is future-proof. Head over to buff.ly/4ak1LB6 to test your browser and learn more about post-quantum cryptography. #postquantumcrypto #cryptography
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Cryspen @cryspen.com · 13/01/2025
Cryspen is looking for a talented Proof Engineer to join our team in Germany or France! 🇫🇷🇩🇪 Cryspen is on a mission to build high-assurance software and formal verification tools that make the world a safer place. buff.ly/4jeEJiN #ProofEngineering #Hiring
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Cryspen @cryspen.com · 07/01/2025
Great News! Cryspen's libcrux crypto library was mentioned in a recent article in The Register. If you're interested in learning more about how libcrux can be used to improve the security of your applications, please visit our website or contact us.
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Boffins carve up C so code can be converted to Rust
Mini-C is a subset of C that can be automatically turned to Rust without much fuss
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Cryspen @cryspen.com · 24/12/2024
bertie.cryspen.com now available with mlkem TLS and Bertie We've launched bertie.cryspen.com with mlkem TLS, powered by our Bertie TLS 1.3 implementation. This provides a secure and efficient endpoint for your applications. Read more here: buff.ly/3ZOiJT3 #mlkem #TLS #pqc
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X25519MLKEM768 TLS-Handshake in Bertie
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Cryspen @cryspen.com · 03/12/2024
Updates from Cryspen's Open Source Projects! Check out our latest updates: - Dive into the latest developments from the past month on 𝐡𝐚𝐱. buff.ly/3VgVccc - And see how the 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐌𝐋𝐒 project is progressing and what's on the horizon. buff.ly/4fVzNgX
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This month in hax: November 2024
Despite some team members attending an offsite work week event, we merged 24 PRs this month. Here’s an overview of the work of the month. The frontend remained stable this month, with only a few pull ...
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Berlin Crypto Meetup @berlin-crypto.bsky.social · 07/11/2024
📣 Upcoming Event! Our next Berlin Crypto Meetup is coming up! We've got two great talks lined up. Be part of the growing Berlin crypto community. 📆 December 4 🕖 From 19:00 to 22:00 📍 Secure Systems Engineering GmbH Hauptstraße 3 10827 Berlin www.eventbrite.de/e/berlin-cry...
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Berlin Crypto December 2024
Where the Berlin Crypto Community gets together.
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Cryspen @cryspen.com · 12/11/2024
Cryspen is looking for a talented Rust Software Engineer to join our team! 🇫🇷🇩🇪 join.com/companies/cr... We encourage applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of their background or identity. #Hiring
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Jobs at Cryspen. Browse all our open positions and become part of our growing team! We are currently looking for additions to our company. Apply today!
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Cryspen @cryspen.com · 15/10/2024
At VSTTE 2024 in Prague, Karthik spoke about how formal verification can be used to speed up the development and clarify the security of real-world cryptography from design to implementation. Slides are up! Check them out. cryspen.com/post/vstte20...
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Cryspen @ VSTTE 2024
Karthik gave an invited talk on High Assurance Post-Quantum Cryptography at VSTTE 2024.
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Cryspen @cryspen.com · 14/10/2024
Our Chief Researcher, Karthik, is giving an invited talk today at VSTT in Prague! He will delve into the fascinating world of modern cryptography and software verification and discuss how formal verification is being used to improve the security of real-world systems.
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VSTTE 2024
October 14-15, 2024, Prague, Czech Republic Co-located with Formal Methods in Computer-Aided Design 2024 (FMCAD 2024)
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