Bitcoin was built on the assumption that breaking its cryptography would be unimaginably hard. Quantum computing is turning ...

UBS CEO Sergio Ermotti said at Davos this week that Bitcoin needs to overcome the quantum computing threat. Ermotti joins a ...

The Old BTC Risk Explained. BTQ Technologies has announced a Bitcoin -like testnet designed to stress-test post-quantum ...

According to one of the world’s leading cryptographers, Bitcoin’s elliptic curve could have a secret backdoor, invalidating all underlying security. A Bitcoin public key is created by applying ...

Glassnode’s chief analysts suggest that linking Bitcoin’s price slump to fears of quantum computing is misguided.

A private key, also known as a secret key, is a cryptographic key that is used to decrypt or digitally sign data. It is a crucial component in asymmetric encryption algorithms like RSA and ECC ...

As far as open-source protocols go, one area in which Bitcoin is unique is the sheer difficulty of making any changes to the protocol. Unlike most other protocols, where features can be added, ...

Elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) has emerged as a cornerstone of modern public‐key systems, offering high levels of security with relatively small key sizes. Central to many advanced cryptographic ...