quantum computing
The Protocol: Layer-2 Eclipse’s Airdrop Goes Live
Also: Risc Zero’s ‘Boundless’ Incentivized Testnet, A New Bitcoin Proposal, and The First DePIN Powered Credit Card.
Bitcoin Devs Float Proposal to Freeze Quantum-Vulnerable Addresses — Even Satoshi Nakamoto’s
Bitcoin’s cryptography has never faced an existential threat and still doesn’t, except preemptive ones that can possibly target early wallets.
Project Eleven Raises $6M to Defend Bitcoin From the Coming Quantum Threat
Project Eleven is also offering 1 BTC to the first team to break an elliptic curve cryptographic key using a quantum computer.
Asia Morning Briefing: Crypto Industry 'Unprepared' For Quantum Threat Says Analyst
PLUS: BTC is developing a correlation with Japanese 30-year bonds.
Quantum Computing Could Break Bitcoin-Like Encryption Far Easier Than Intially Thought, Google Researcher Says
A new research paper from a Google researcher slashed the estimated quantum resources needed to break RSA encryption, which is used by some crypto wallets.
Quantum Computing Group Offers 1 BTC to Whoever Breaks Bitcoin's Cryptographic Key
Quantum computers can rapidly break the cryptographic algorithms that secure blockchain networks.
The Protocol: EigenLayer Ready to Launch Missing Feature
Also: Bitcoin L2 SDKs; North Korea's THORChain Use; and Quantum-Resistant BTC
Bitcoin Developer Proposes Hard Fork to Protect BTC From Quantum Computing Threats
The proposal outlines a plan to enforce a network-wide migration of BTC from legacy wallets to ones secured by post-quantum cryptography.
Quantum Startup BTQ Proposes More Energy Efficient Alternative to Crypto's Proof of Work
A new paper proposes using a method called "coarse-grained boson-sampling" to validate the proof of work process and reward successful miners.
The Protocol: A Quantum Threat to Bitcoin?
Also: An Ethereum dev's defection to Solana; Polygon's big proving-system flex; crypto's most influential
