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<title>SymbiQ Ledger: NIST expects to finalise a standard for HQC, its backup post-quantum key-exchange algorithm, in 2027.</title>
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<summary type="text">The deadline for this claim is 2027-12-31. A verdict follows the rules on how a verdict gets written.</summary>
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<title>Now tracking: NIST expects to finalise a standard for HQC, its backup post-quantum key-exchange algorithm, in 2027.</title>
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<content type="text">Resolves by 2027-12-31 (+30 day grace). Criteria: Resolves VERIFIED if, by 31 Dec 2027 (plus grace), NIST has published the final Federal Information Processing Standard for HQC (expected to be numbered FIPS 207). There is no partial outcome: a draft is not a standard. NOT_VERIFIED if only a draft exists by then.</content>
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