Classic McEliece ISO/IEC 18033-2 Standardization

A dated reading of what is claimed, reported, and independently verified in the current evidence.

Current reading

Readiness band and full integer triple

AI-assisted assembly · derived results

Readiness band

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Primary summary from verified readiness

Evidence strength Strong

Decision

Human editorial judgment · 2026-07-21

Track; not yet

Why: This is a genuine milestone — the first post-quantum algorithm ever formally approved by ISO — and merits registry tracking, but the evidence mix (single-vendor PR (Post-Quantum) driving most coverage, NIST's separate HQC choice, large-key tradeoffs, and one signal found to misrepresent its own source on re-verification) means it is not yet an adoption-ready primitive for pv's own crypto surface.
Next: Monitor real-world library adoption trajectory (Debian/Ubuntu/Bouncy Castle already ship it) and watch for any NIST alignment signal before considering Classic McEliece for pv's own PQC posture. No action needed against Rule #2's hybrid-signature requirement — Classic McEliece is a KEM/encryption primitive, not a signature scheme, so it does not compete with or substitute for ML-DSA-65.

Constraints

No named blocker is present in the current public projection.

Evidence summary

AI-assisted assembly

Counts and dates only. Raw signals, private excerpts, trust records, and internal corpus material are not published here.

Publication record

Initial public reading