The theoretical threat that quantum computers pose to the Bitcoin network moved a step closer to reality on Friday. Project Eleven, a startup focused on quantum security, awarded its "Q-Day Prize" to ...

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 ...

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

The U.S. government has taken equity stakes in nine quantum-computing firms, betting $2 billion on a technology that could eventually break the encryption securing Bitcoin BTC. The Commerce Department ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...