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Coinbase advisory board warns that quantum computing threat is on the horizon and crypto needs a plan

A new report commissioned by Coinbase sounds a cautious, but urgent, alarm: Quantum computing won't break crypto tomorrow, but the industry can’t afford to...

Two Different Approaches to Quantum Threats

The quantum divide between Bitcoin and EthereumQuantum computing has long been viewed as a distant, largely theoretical threat to blockchain systems. However, that perspective...

How a quantum computer can be used to actually steal your bitcoin in ‘9 minutes’

Part 1 of this series explained what quantum computers actually are. Not just faster versions of regular computers, but a fundamentally different kind of...

Cardano’s Hoskinson says Bitcoin’s quantum fix can’t save Satoshi Nakamoto’s BTC

Bitcoin's core developers earlier this week proposed freezing 8 million coins to defend against quantum attackers. But Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson believes it still...

Bitcoin’s quantum debate splits as Adam Back pushes optional upgrades over forced freeze

The quantum computing threat has some of Bitcoin's most vocal developers landing in wildly different places.Blockstream's CEO, Adam Back, told Paris Blockchain Week attendees...

Bitcoin devs float ‘quantum tripwire’ that triggers coin freeze only if attack is proven

Bitcoin developers are debating a radical change to how the network would respond to a future quantum computing threat: don’t freeze vulnerable coins unless...

Bitcoin Should Prepare For Quantum Despite No Looming Threat

Blockstream CEO Adam Back, an early pioneer of the crypto movement, said Bitcoiners should be looking at building quantum-resistant solutions now, even if the...

Bitcoin’s 50% Drawdown ‘Priced In’ Quantum Computing Threat: Bernstein

Bernstein said in a note on Monday that Bitcoin’s selloff has already priced in much of the market’s fear around quantum computing, arguing that...

Bitcoin Developers Propose Bitcoin Quantum Migration Plan That Would Freeze Legacy Coins

A new proposal circulating among Bitcoin developers is forcing the network to confront a long-standing theoretical risk: the impact of quantum computing...

Bitcoin BIP-361 Targets Quantum Security Threat

Update (April 15, 6:45 am UTC): This article has been updated to include comments from Jameson Lopp.Cypherpunk Jameson Lopp and five co-authors from the...

Presidio Bitcoin Releases Quantum Readiness Paper

Today Presidio Bitcoin, a Bitcoin hub located in the Bay Area in California, has launched a knowledge repository/living report on Github...