Building a utility-scale quantum computer that can crack one of the most vital cryptosystems—elliptic curves—doesn’t require ...

Recent research papers posted to arXiv have sharply reduced the estimated computing power a quantum machine would need to crack the encryption protecting major cryptocurrencies and other digital ...

While post-quantum security standards and technical solutions are rapidly advancing, Quantus’ Chris Smith argues that Bitcoin ...

Somewhere on a blockchain right now, a Bitcoin address that last moved coins in 2015 is sitting with its public key fully exposed, waiting for its owner to return. That owner may have years to act, or ...

Quantum security startup Project Eleven said it awarded its 1 bitcoin Q-Day Prize to independent researcher Giancarlo Lelli ...

A new report by Capgemini warns that quantum computing may break the widely used public-key cryptographic systems within the next decade — threatening everything from online banking to blockchain ...

By the time Bitcoin and other networks are ready to defend themselves, it may already be too late, according to a new ...

For the last two days my inbox (and LinkedIn messages) has been flooded with questions about headlines claiming that “Chinese researchers broke RSA encryption with a quantum computer, threatening ...

Researcher breaks 15-bit ECC key on publicly accessible quantum hardware in a 512x jump from the previous public demonstration.