2019-9-25 11:42 |
Cost alone keeps Bitcoin safe from quantum advances, says developer Peter Todd
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Google's quantum computer is still too primitive to pose a threat for Bitcoin's cryptography, but things could escalate quickly
2019-10-24 21:49 | |
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Many experts have warned of the possibility that quantum computing could pose a serious threat to the security of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. In fact, a study by MIT researchers revealed that the threat would be imminent within 10 years.
2018-7-17 15:29 | |
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A worrying report was published yesterday in the online academic journal, The Conversation, warning that in the future, quantum computers might become capable of cracking cryptocurrency wallets’ private keys—giving potential hackers access to crypto users’ stored digital currencies.
2018-7-17 03:00 | |
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Immutability and difficult-to-solve algorithms are the main attractions for cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin apart from potentially creating a new financial system. However, recent research suggests the underlying technology may not be as resilient as perceived.
2018-7-17 22:00 | |
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00000000000000000021e800 – that’s 18 zeros followed by 21e8 and another two zeros – doesn’t look particularly remarkable. Nor does 00000000000000000021e800c1e8df51b22c1588e5a624bea17e9faa34b2dc4a, which is the complete hash it’s associated with.
2018-6-21 18:20 | |
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When Satoshi Nakamoto mined the Bitcoin genesis block back in 2009, quantum computing was still in its infancy. Quantum entanglement had been demonstrated, but a 12 qubit machine was the most advanced model yet benchmarked.
2018-6-20 19:07 | |
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George Friedman, a respected geopolitical forecaster, believes that blockchain technology will become ‘obsolete’ over time. Can Blockchain Encryption Be Broken Through Quantum Computing? George Friedman’s negative attitude shown towards blockchain technology has proven to be rather unpopular.
2018-6-17 03:30 | |
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As someone who wrote a book on the origin story of Bitcoin I felt I still had to watch Money Electric— perhaps just to comment on it in a Take. Even watching it for that purpose was a waste of my time.
In a forward-thinking post to the Bitcoin-Dev mailing list, renowned Bitcoin Core developer and founder of OpenTimestamps, Peter Todd, has advanced the Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 352 (BIP-352) for integrating user-defined expiration dates to silent payment addresses in a bid to address concerns related to compromised or lost wallets.
In a recent discussion, Claudia Diaz, a Professor at the University of Leuven, and Peter Todd, early Bitcoin Core Developer, teamed up on the sidelines of the Magical Crypto Conference 2019 to talk about Bitcoin’s crypto-anarchist image and privacy issues.
Early bitcoin core developer Peter Todd is fighting for his reputation. Todd, a Canadian who started contributing to bitcoin’s code in 2012, revealed on Twitter that he has filed a lawsuit against someone in the community who allegedly accused him of rape and sexual assault, also on Twitter.
Bitcoin Core developer Peter Todd joined the backlash against a “fake news” report about Bitcoin’s impact on global warming October 29. This occurred after multiple appearances in mainstream media publications.