“If I were to describe myself I would choose to be described as a formal finite summation of failures — but every time I failed, I failed better.”

I am not a professional cryptographer, I was not trained in a formal setting, so I apologise if my discussions come across as informal or unconventional. Often, my thoughts and questions stretch beyond the boundary of cryptography into areas of mathematics. And I prefer this way.

I have never fully agreed with prevailing cryptographic mindset that view certain problem as “unsolvable” and insist more on side channel attacks and general algorithms. I believe in questioning the foundations of those problem.

But this informalim shouldn’t be constructed as if I do not respect those people who are into formal cryptography. I have met wonderful people here. They have contributed to me significantly. So I am thankful of them.

My journey with cryptography started in late 2021 during final year of school. It was my desire to solve ECDLP that brought me here. ECDLP now has become a regular academic companion. I revisit it constantly With whatever tools I pick up along this journey.

My approach is of curiosity in favour of formal discussion. And I prefer stick to that way of thinking. Even if I later laugh at what I once believed, I know that kind of reflection is only possible because I tried to think originally in the first place.

My most recent failed attempt led to a speed up of pollard-rho by $\sqrt{\frac{\pi q}{12n}}$, where $n$ is an integer in range $[1, 144]$ for Koblitz curve with $j-\text{invariant} = 0$.