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XRP might beat every major chain to quantum safety with a new XRPL proposal that introduces single-use keys that rotate every transaction, turning "quantum panic" into real on-chain defense. origin »
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Satoshi Nakamoto's untouched $110 billion Bitcoin fortune may soon face its biggest test yet, as the approaching "Quantum Q-Day" threatens to break the encryption protecting every crypto wallet.
2025-11-7 17:47 | |
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Quantum computing is a hot topic among technology enthusiasts and cryptocurrency developers. This new era of technology can change many facets of life in very quick succession. Until now, it was assumed most aspects of quantum computing only existed in theoretical form.
2019-10-24 00:59 | |
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A quantum computing breakthrough by Google has created all sorts of dooming scenarios for existing encryption standards, which could ultimately threaten the security of every major blockchain. The day has finally arrived, as Google recently claimed quantum supremacy according to a disclosed paper.
2019-10-2 14:10 | |
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D-Wave today announced its next generation “Advantage” quantum computer system. It’ll pack a whopping 5,000 qubits and myriad improvements to processing speed and power. And the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico will be among the first to have access.
2019-9-25 01:14 | |
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We’ve been warned for years that a quantum computing breakthrough is just around the corner. When that day comes, we’re told, it could render existing encryption standards obsolete, threatening the security of every major blockchain.
2019-9-23 20:00 | |
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The world of crypto is filled with mystery, pseudo-anonymity, and conspiracies at every turn. Even the creator of Bitcoin themselves are still unknown, and any trace of the person or persons behind the first-ever cryptocurrency has vanished from the face of the earth.
2019-8-27 20:55 | |
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Quantum computers are expected to be commonplace in the next five to 10 years and promise vast increases in processing power over silicon chips. It could mean great things for answering some of the world’s toughest scientific questions, but it’s also a cause for concern.
2019-7-15 11:27 | |
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Quantum computers have arrived, and new models are introduced every year. Most recently, IBM demonstrated a brand new model at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show. Most quantum computing research is currently limited to academic institutions and major corporations, but the technology will become more widely available in the not-so-distant future.
2019-7-12 21:49 | |
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Security is an important aspect of every crypto-asset and Bitcoin [BTC] is often dragged into debates on whether the blockchain is protected from hacks or vulnerable to certain technological developments.
2019-5-27 02:00 | |
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A common narrative in today’s financial world is that crypto holders are often unable to execute trades without paying large amounts of commissions and fees.
2018-12-12 21:00 | |
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Over 30 years after creating eCash, a predecessor of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies which spawned the Cypherpunk movement of the 1980s, Dr. David Chaum is back in the public eye with a claim of having invented “the world’s fastest cryptocurrency.
2018-9-22 23:59 | |
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Special thanks to Eli Ben-Sasson for ongoing help, explanations and review, coming up with some of the examples used in this post, and most crucially of all inventing a lot of this stuff; thanks to Hsiao-wei Wang for reviewing Hopefully many people by now have heard of ZK-SNARKs, the general-purpose succinct zero knowledge proof technology that can be used for all sorts of usecases ranging from verifiable computation to privacy-preserving cryptocurrency.
2018-7-21 23:03 | |
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