Learn what ECDSA is, how secp256k1 works, and how Bitcoin uses digital signatures to authorize transactions and protect funds ...

Quantum computers could eventually crack Bitcoin, but Bitcoin can counter that threat.

AI-assisted research cut the estimated cost of a future Bitcoin quantum attack by 50%. Here's what the ECDSA.Fail paper means ...

IonQ CEO Niccolo de Masi says Q-Day arrives in 2028, threatening Bitcoin's secp256k1 encryption. Here's what the timeline ...

Google Quantum AI, the Ethereum Foundation, and Stanford cut the physical qubits needed to break Bitcoin and Ethereum ...

A collaborative research effort involving more than 100 participants and AI coding agents has sharply lowered a widely cited ...

Elliptic curve encryption faces a new quantum threat: Georgia Tech researchers published an algorithm cutting both the qubit count and gate complexity for breaking P-256 and secp256k1. The 2026 ...

Fidelity says future quantum computers could expose Bitcoin private keys, and a new hash-based signature system may offer ...

American investor and former pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli told host Isabel Foxen Duke that if quantum computing ever scales, Shor’s algorithm—not artificial intelligence (AI)—poses the most ...

Naoris has launched a $120,000 bounty incentivising researchers to break key cryptographic algorithms underpinning Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana. Naoris, a cybersecurity firm focused on safeguarding ...

Project 11 is looking to gauge the urgency of the quantum security risk to Bitcoin. Millions of addresses could be at risk if quantum computers are eventually able to break Bitcoin’s cryptography.

Quantum computers aren't here yet, but the threat to blockchain is real. Post-quantum security is a math problem, and here's ...