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Latest Quantum computing stories
- Zakura Targets January for Quantum-Resistant Zcash Payments
The plan covers transparent payments, while a proposed privacy system is being tested separately in the Vizor wallet without a January schedule.
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- Department of War Announces $350 Million in Quantum-Computing Initiatives
The package includes approximately $200 million tied to four companies and a conditional loan commitment of about $150 million for PsiQuantum.
· Technology
- Justin Sun Says TRON Post-Quantum Cryptography Is Live on Testnet
Sun said TRON could bring quantum resistance to mainnet at any time, but no launch date has been announced.
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- Governments Set Quantum-Computing Deadlines as Algorand Plans Security Steps
Targets cited for the United States, EU and Australia extend to 2030, while the UK and Canada point to 2031. Algorand’s roadmap includes post-quantum milestones through 2027.
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- Stanford Cryptographer Dan Boneh Examines AI’s Impact on Cryptography
The discussion explored how AI could challenge existing cryptographic methods and affect security protocols and cryptographic standards.
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- IonQ Reports More Than 1,000 Entanglement Events Per Second
The photonic link connected a trapped-ion qubit with silicon-vacancy quantum memory at more than four times the previous trapped-ion record.
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- Bitcoin Core Contributor Examines AI and Quantum Risks to Security
Antoine Poinsot discussed Justin Drake’s viral post, potential quantum theft, proposed protocol changes and multisignature safeguards.
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- Trump Administration’s $215M Quantum Push Highlights Crypto’s Q-Day Risk
The Energy Department competition targets fault-tolerant quantum systems for science, while federal policy calls for migration to post-quantum cryptography.
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- Sean Bowe Says Justin Drake’s Quantum Warnings Risk Crypto Trust
The Tachyon co-founder said experts should remain calm and help users navigate uncertainty while the industry assesses future cryptographic threats.
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- Singapore Crypto Event Highlights Quantum-Resistant Security Challenges
Quantum + Privacy Day brought crypto builders and industry stakeholders together to examine cryptographic migration, signature security and digital-asset privacy risks.
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- Universal Quantum Raises More Than $100 Million for Modular Quantum Systems
The Series A will fund trapped-ion chiplet arrays, control systems and expansion across four countries. Oratomic is pursuing a separate neutral-atom approach.
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- StarkWare CEO Urges Bitcoin Soft Fork for Broad Quantum Protection
Eli Ben-Sasson called StarkWare’s Quantum-Safe Bitcoin transaction an interim safeguard. The Aug. 26 transaction protected specific outputs without changing Bitcoin’s consensus rules.
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- Solana Foundation Sets Quantum Migration Plan for Future Threats
The foundation says no cryptographic change is currently required, while Anza and Firedancer have begun initial Falcon implementation work for possible post-quantum use.
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- BitGo Adds Bitcoin Wallet Controls for Future Quantum Risks
The tools include a Quantum Risk Score and workflows to move funds from exposed addresses as the crypto industry prepares for longer-term threats to digital signatures.
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- Justin Drake Urges ‘Bunker Mode’ Planning for Ethereum ECDSA Risk
The researcher warned a worst-case cryptographic break could arrive within months, while users do not need to take immediate action.
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- Bitcoin (BTC) Quantum Exposure Reaches 6.9 Million Coins at Block 950,000
About 34.45% of circulating Bitcoin had publicly revealed keys, while the dormant, non-entity segment included 351,654 BTC held across 675 groups with balances of at least 100 BTC.
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- Europol Says Quantum Threat Centers on Crypto Wallet Keys
Two reports recommend phased post-quantum upgrades and warn that encrypted information collected today could face future decryption risks.
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- VanEck Research Chief Says Quantum Risk Is No Reason to Sell Bitcoin
Matthew Sigel described quantum computing as a long-term risk. He also pointed to the potential value of miners’ long-term power agreements as AI data centers need stable electricity.
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- Project Eleven Acquires Riva Labs for Post-Quantum Crypto Security
The deal adds Riva’s wallet, hardware-signing and cryptography technology to Project Eleven’s effort to help digital-asset networks prepare for quantum computing threats.
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- Ledger CTO Disputes Claim That Only 30% of Bitcoin Faces Quantum Risk
About 30.2% of BTC has exposed public keys on-chain, but other copies may exist in devices, backups and transaction files.
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- AI Challenge Cuts Quantum-Safe Bitcoin Build Cost 79% to $67
The estimate reflects GPU computation, not a Bitcoin transaction fee. A later dashboard listed $63 under a simulated 100-RTX 3090 setup.
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- Quantum Upgrades Could Make Blockchains More Attractive to Financial Institutions
Quantum computing threatens today’s public-key cryptography, while Ethereum targets full post-quantum resistance across its core layers by December 2029.
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- EU Regulators Warn Quantum Computing Could Weaken Blockchain Security
The risk could emerge before any commercially viable quantum application, putting cryptography used in communications, transactions, databases and blockchains under scrutiny.
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- AI Optimization Cuts Estimated Quantum-Safe Bitcoin Cost to $66
The estimate fell from about $320 after a weeklong open-source challenge, but the improved code has not yet prepared another transaction confirmed by Bitcoin miners.
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- Estimated Cost to Prepare Quantum-Safe Bitcoin Transaction Falls 79%
Optimization work cut the estimated GPU cost from about $320 to $66. The experimental design uses hash-based protection without changing Bitcoin’s consensus rules.
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- IonQ Shares Jump After Real-Time Quantum Error Decoder Test
The company says its decoder ran on a single standard CPU across hundreds of logical qubits and millions of operations.
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- U.S. Futures Slide as Oil Gains and Gold, Silver Prices Fall
Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures all declined before the open, while IonQ shares jumped 12% after a quantum-computing test.
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- Bitcoin Faces Quantum Risk as Coinbase Council Warns of 7 Million BTC Exposure
Coinbase’s advisory council warns up to 7 million Bitcoin could be vulnerable to future quantum attacks, highlighting unresolved governance risks around abandoned coins and migration to quantum-resistant systems.
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- Ledger Urges ‘Human Sovereignty’ Security Model as AI and Quantum Risks Rise
Ledger’s APAC head Takatoshi Shibayama told Korea’s financial sector that rising AI, governance, and quantum threats require human-verified transaction architecture as the core defense in digital assets.
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- Ripple Sets 2028 Timeline for Quantum-Resistant Upgrade on XRP Ledger
Ripple unveiled a multi-year plan to transition the XRP Ledger to quantum-resistant cryptography by 2028 in partnership with Project Eleven to enhance long-term network security.
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- Bitcoin Quantum Threat Debate Rekindles Dispute Over Freezing Dormant BTC
Debate over Bitcoin’s response to potential quantum attacks has intensified, with Adam Back opposing proposals to freeze dormant BTC while developers explore post-quantum upgrades.
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- Google Quantum Study Flags Potential Bitcoin Cryptography Risk, Timeline Debate Intensifies
Google Quantum AI researchers warn ECC used in Bitcoin could be broken faster under advanced quantum models, prompting renewed urgency around post-quantum migration.
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- Quantum Threat Debate: Ethereum Seen More Exposed Than Bitcoin
Analysts say Ethereum’s account model and broader cryptographic exposure could make it more vulnerable than Bitcoin under a future quantum computing threat.
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