Part one explained the physics of quantum computing. This piece explains the target — how bitcoin's encryption works, why a ...

Google’s latest quantum research refines threat estimates but still suggests crypto risks are decades away. Satoshi ...

Google published a paper on March 31 that states that Bitcoin's cryptography could be impacted by quantum computing sooner than previously stated.

Research suggests Bitcoin users could defend against future quantum attacks using a transaction design that works within ...

Researchers at the California Institute of Technology and the startup Oratomic have published a theoretical framework showing ...

Quantum security startup Project Eleven said it awarded its 1 bitcoin Q-Day Prize to independent researcher Giancarlo Lelli ...

Recent research papers posted to arXiv have sharply reduced the estimated computing power a quantum machine would need to crack the encryption protecting major cryptocurrencies and other digital ...

Elliptic curve cryptography is an encryption method invented around 1985, and at the time of writing, it is used to protect cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin. However, Google's quantum computing ...

Building on a landmark algorithm, researchers propose a way to make a smaller and more noise-tolerant quantum factoring circuit for cryptography. The most recent email you sent was likely encrypted ...

The rise of cryptographically relevant quantum computers (CRQCs) is no longer a distant "decade away" concern, but for Bitcoin and the broader digital asset ecosystem, the threat appears manageable.

In 1994, Peter Shor, an American mathematician working at Bell Labs, published a paper with a wonky title and earth-shaking implications. In “Polynomial-Time Algorithms for Prime Factorization and ...