The quantum threats facing major blockchains are primarily Shor's algorithm (Elliptic Curve Cryptography such as ECDSA/Ed25519 or BLS signature cracking) and Grover's algorithm (hash function ...

Recently, the team led by Prof. Zeng-Bing Chen and Prof. Hua-Lei Yin have successfully, for the first time, realized transmission of megabit images with information-theoretical non-repudiation for ...

Quantum-safe blockchain design requires more than replacing ECDSA. This article examines the protocol layers that still matter after post-quantum migration.

The US now has four post-quantum cryptographic algorithms it plans to make part of a new set of public-key cryptography standards by 2024. The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of ...

Bitcoin’s Taproot usage is declining, signaling wider concerns around its quantum future, as the leading cryptographers race to solve the quantum threat in 2026. A small but growing group of Bitcoin ...

A breakdown of what type of risks quantum computing poses to Bitcoin, and how worried users of the network should be. In the early 2020s, quantum computing hit the public spotlight as a potential ...

The Spreading 'Quantum Threat Theory' and Overheated Media Narratives"Quantum computers will decrypt Bitcoin's encryption and destroy the blockchain"—this provocative warning has moved beyond mere urb ...

Spread the loveRemember when quantum computing felt like something out of a sci-fi flick? A theoretical marvel, distant and ...

After posting record earnings on Thursday, D-Wave Quantum Inc.’s (NYSE:QBTS) management highlighted its progress in enabling energy-efficient measures to enhance blockchain hashing using quantum ...

The first quantum-safe mainnet spend shows that some Bitcoin holders can migrate without a soft fork, but the biggest risk bucket remains unresolved.

Many discussions of “hybrid encryption” begin with some debate about just what this means. Hybrid encryption in general refers to the combined use of public-key (asymmetric) cryptography with ...