Recent research papers posted to arXiv have sharply reduced the estimated computing power a quantum machine would need to ...

Bitcoin transactions could be resistant to quantum attacks without changing the network’s core rules, a new proposal contends ...

A Bitcoin researcher has come up with a way that could immediately make Bitcoin transactions quantum-safe without the need for a soft fork. In a proposal published Thursday, StarkWare chief product ...

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

Two research groups say they have significantly reduced the amount of qubits and time required to crack common online ...

A quantum computer algorithm that is used to find the prime factors in an encryption key. Created by applied mathematician Peter Shor in the mid-1990s, Shor's algorithm may be used to break the codes ...

Research suggests fault-tolerant quantum machines could arrive sooner than expected, posing a threat to Bitcoin and Ethereum cryptography.

The rise of quantum computing and its implications for current encryption standards are well known. But why exactly should quantum computers be especially adept at breaking encryption? The answer is a ...

StarkWare’s Avihu Levy proposes "Quantum Safe Bitcoin" (QSB) a puzzle scheme secures BTC crypto transactions against quantum computing threat ...