2+ hour, 13+ min ago  (534+ words) Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Policy Institute Warns Quantum Advances Are Compressing Timeline for Network Upgrades A new brief from the Bitcoin Policy Institute argues that recent breakthroughs in quantum computing are accelerating the timeline for when Bitcoin's cryptography could face credible…...

10+ hour, 46+ min ago  (290+ words) The crypto sector continues to experiment with upgrades to build quantum resilience following Google's major research update at the close of March. Google researchers warned that future quantum computers may be able to break some of the cryptography protecting digital…...

14+ hour, 27+ min ago  (165+ words) Google has expanded Gmail's end-to-end encryption for Workspace users to i OS and Android, allowing mobile users to compose and read encrypted messages natively within the Gmail app for the first time. The feature is part of Gmail's client-side encryption…...

4+ hour, 15+ min ago  (902+ words) Public-key cryptography secures almost every blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT)" in production. When a user signs a transaction with Ed25519 or ECDSA, the security rests on, among other things, the hardness of the elliptic curve discrete logarithm problem (ECDLP), which…...

23+ hour, 28+ min ago  (434+ words) A Bitcoin researcher has come up with a way that could immediately make Bitcoin transactions quantum-safe without the need for a soft fork." He added that the plan requires no changes to the Bitcoin protocol and operates entirely within the…...

9+ hour, 51+ min ago  (263+ words) Cybersecurity experts warn quantum computers could break modern encryption by 2029, requiring a swift shift to post-quantum cryptography to protect data. Concerns are mounting in the cybersecurity industry over the rapid advancement of quantum computers, which could jeopardize nearly all modern…...

7+ hour, 11+ min ago  (464+ words) A new brief from the Bitcoin Policy Institute says advances in quantum computing may bring forward risks to Bitcoin's cryptography, though developers are already working on fixes. A new brief from the Bitcoin Policy Institute argues that recent breakthroughs in…...

17+ hour, 12+ min ago  (532+ words) New Bitcoin news is drawing attention across the crypto industry as concerns around quantum computing threats continue to grow. In response, a Bitcoin researcher has put forward a new proposal that aims to make Bitcoin resistant to potential quantum attacks…...

8+ hour, 50+ min ago  (1046+ words) Quantum computing's promise may still sound futuristic in many corners of government, but for Eddy Zervigon, the more urgent reality is what it means for the cryptography that underpins government and enterprise networks. In a recent interview with Meri Talk,…...

23+ hour, 59+ min ago  (416+ words) Researchers have identified two primary quantum threats to Bitcoin: The Bitcoin community has discussed quantum resistance for nearly a decade. However, Lightning Labs" tool represents one of the first concrete implementations addressing the user experience challenges of a quantum transition....