Giancarlo Lelli wins one Bitcoin for record quantum security attack.

An independent researcher has demonstrated the largest public quantum attack on elliptic curve cryptography, highlighting vulnerabilities in blockchain wallet security. The feat, achieved using ...

Michael Shaulov argued that changing to a post-quantum cryptographic signature scheme is “not a technical challenge” for ...

With growing focus on the existential threat quantum computing poses to some of the most crucial and widely used forms of encryption, cryptography engineer Filippo Valsorda wants to make one thing ...

PsiQuantum co-founder Terry Rudolph said in July it has no plans to attack Bitcoin, even if its upcoming facility becomes powerful enough to break the blockchain’s cryptography. The quantum computing ...

Google’s quantum research is accelerating fears that Bitcoin’s cryptography may face a real timeline, forcing the network to race toward quantum-resistant upgrades. A new research paper from Google ...

The crypto industry's reaction was that a quantum computing threat was still distant when Google unveiled its Willow quantum chip in December 2024. Bitcoin uses SHA-256 for mining and ECDSA for ...

A team of Google researchers just set a new date for post-quantum cryptography migration: 2029. Among other things, this means that Bitcoin, as well as many other cryptocurrencies, needs to adopt new ...