The construction of PsiQuantum’s 1 million qubit quantum facility in Chicago has begun, a size that research suggests is potentially large enough to crack Bitcoin’s cryptography.

Blockstream Research deploys post-quantum signature verification on Liquid mainnet, protecting real Bitcoin assets from ...

PsiQuantum is advancing its Chicago quantum facility, while experts remain divided on the potential threat of quantum ...

In the event that quantum computers one day become capable of breaking Bitcoin’s cryptography, roughly 1 million BTC attributed to Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of the Bitcoin network, could become ...

Technically, Bitcoin could get hacked by a quantum computer, if a powerful enough one existed. Its developer community is now ...

Woo responded to an X post by English YouTuber Josh Otten about the potential of a functional quantum computer using Shor’s algorithm to break the encryption protecting Bitcoin’s oldest wallets.

BIP-360 co-author Ethan Heilman says that making Bitcoin quantum-secure could take 7 years. Recent breakthroughs suggest time is running out.

Quantum computing is moving from theory to reality faster than many people expected—and that has major implications for cryptocurrency security.

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 ...