Cryptography

A recent report finds that quantum computing poses a genuine threat to Bitcoin, while efforts to safeguard the network are already underway.

From The Core Issue: The story of what started out as a "small hobby project" library, evolving into one of the most security-critical code paths for protecting a multi-trillion dollar asset.

Coinbase has launched an Independent Advisory Board on Quantum Computing and Blockchain to proactively safeguard Bitcoin and other digital assets against potential future quantum threats.

Jefferies strategist Christopher Wood has dropped Bitcoin from his Greed & Fear portfolio, citing quantum computing as a potential existential threat to its cryptography.

Project Eleven launches the Q-Day Prize, offering 1 BTC to anyone who can break bitcoin’s cryptography using a quantum computer.

A private key, also known as a secret key, is a cryptographic key that is used to decrypt or digitally sign data. It is...

Merkle trees, also known as hash trees or binary hash trees, are tree-like data structures used in computer science. They are named after their...

A cypherpunk is an individual who advocates the use of strong cryptography to protect privacy and enable civil liberties. Cypherpunks believe that encryption technology...

Early in Bitcoin’s history, many contributors helped the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto shape the technology we all know today. A review of their legacies, from "The Halving Issue".

Only Bitcoin should be considered cryptocurrency because PoW relies on cryptography and nothing else to secure the network. Reclaiming the name “crypto” is both powerful and important because it speaks volumes that mathematics alone enforces the robustness of the ledger.