Much interest in quantum computer development was spurred by Peter Shor's 1994 discovery of an algorithm that showed how ...

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

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

New research suggests that a quantum computer could crack a crucial cryptography method with just 10,000 qubits.

According to a study by engineers at Caltech and the UC Department of Physics, quantum computers do not need to be nearly as ...

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

Google quantum pioneer says encryption-breaking use cases may arrive sooner than expected, urging crypto industry to prepare now ...

Understanding the Quantum Computing Threat to Bitcoin The world of cryptocurrency has long been praised for its robust security based ...

Analyst SMQKE shared a technical breakdown of Hedera on X. The post walks through Hedera’s hashgraph consensus, its ...

Caltech researchers cut quantum computing qubit estimates by 100x, putting encryption-breaking quantum computers theoretically within reach this decade.

Quantum computers should be powerful enough to crack Bitcoin’s security features—by instantly solving the mining mechanism or guessing wallet passwords by brute force—a few years after 2030, according ...

Google's new whitepaper says it could take only minutes for a quantum system to crack Bitcoin.