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

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

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 ...

Building a utility-scale quantum computer that can crack one of the most vital cryptosystems—elliptic curves—doesn’t require nearly the resources anticipated just a year or two ago, two independently ...

The Bitcoin community continues to debate whether cryptographically relevant quantum computers are imminent or decades away. Project Eleven, a quantum security research company, awarded a prize to ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...