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

As the joke goes, CRQC has been 10 to 20 years away for the past three decades. While the recent research suggests that ...

Quantum computers are coming and they may impact systems in unexpected ways that security teams will need to plan for.

Google's new whitepaper says it could take only minutes for a quantum system to crack Bitcoin.

At the same time, a March 2026 preprint from a Caltech–Berkeley–Oratomic collaboration explores what might be possible using ...

However, it is not necessary to use fancy quantum cryptography technology such as entanglement to avoid the looming quantum ...

Cryptographers are seeing this one coming miles away, but they're the only ones.

New research suggests that a quantum computer could crack a crucial cryptography method with just 10,000 qubits.

Traditional encryption methods have long been vulnerable to quantum computers, but two new analyses suggest a capable enough machine may be built much sooner than previously thought ...

Powerful quantum computers may be closer than scientists thought. To unleash the technology’s full power, scientists have long thought that quantum computers with millions of quantum bits, or qubits, ...

Bitcoin has been the king of cryptocurrencies since its inception. And despite its high volatility, the token generally benefits from faith among investors that its underlying encryption is ...