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Bitcoin might be at risk from a new quantum math trick that breaks digital ownership

Not everything in bitcoin is at risk from a quantum computer.Bitcoin mining, the process by which new blocks get added to the blockchain, uses...

Researcher wins 1 bitcoin (BTC) for largest quantum attack on elliptic curve yet

The quantum attack Bitcoin has spent years treating as tomorrow's problem just got a little less theoretical.Quantum security startup Project Eleven said it awarded...

Bitcoin’s Quantum Problem Is Really A Governance Crisis In Disguise: UTXO

Bitcoin developers have a solution to quantum computing threats. The harder question is whether the network can agree on one in time....

Why bitcoin’s quantum threat is manageable, not existential

Recent progress in quantum computing has reignited a long-standing concern for bitcoin BTC$77,744.67.A sufficiently powerful cryptographically relevant quantum computer could, in theory, break bitcoin’s...

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...