Thursday, August 20

Topic: quantum-computing

A quantum computer in a laboratory
Crypto
Thursday, 7/9, 01:37 PM

Quantum Computing Is a Long-Term Threat to Bitcoin. Here's the Debate Over Fixing It

  • A powerful enough quantum computer could one day crack the cryptography that guards Bitcoin, and roughly a quarter of all bitcoin sits in addresses where that math is exposed.
  • No such machine exists today, and estimates put one many years away, but the community is already arguing over how to defend the network, and the fix is as much about governance as it is about code.

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