Google warns that quantum computers could break crypto sooner than expected, heightening the urgency for post-quantum security across blockchain networks.

Quantum computers of the future may be closer to reality thanks to new research from Caltech and Oratomic, a Caltech-linked start-up company. Theorists and experimentalists teamed up to develop a new ...

Traditional encryption methods have long been vulnerable to quantum computers, but two new analyses suggest a capable enough ...

Google Quantum AI researchers have issued a warning that quantum computers could potentially undermine the encryption ...

Scientists have unveiled a new approach to ultra-secure communication that could make quantum encryption simpler and more ...

With around 26,000 qubits, the encryption could be broken in a day, the researchers report in a paper submitted March 30 to ...

What all this means for bitcoin is fascinating. The Google researchers went into great depth (the paper is 57 pages) to show ...

But cryptocurrencies aren't the only application at risk.

Bitcoin and several other cryptocurrencies use an implementation of ECC called secp256k1. According to Google, its ...

CoinDesk Research maps five crypto privacy approaches and examines which models hold up as AI improves. Full coverage of ...

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

The research shows quantum computers may break bitcoin and ether wallet encryption with far fewer qubits than previously ...