Cofounder of Solana cautions that Bitcoin will have a 50/50 probability of quantum risk in 2030, and must urgently move to ...

Bitcoin relies on several algorithms to secure the coin from theft. Prominent among these is the Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA). An ECDSA employs asymmetric encryption to generate ...

What exactly did El Salvador do? The government redistributed roughly 6,274 BTC (around $678 million at publication time) from one address into 14 fresh addresses, each capped at 500 BTC, as a ...

Other experts in the crypto community, such as Adam Back and Peter Todd, are less convinced of the near-term threat.

Digital signatures represent one of the most widely used security technologies for ensuring unforgeability and non-repudiation of digital data. The digital signature technique is generally used for ...

Industry experts explain how the rise of quantum computing threatens Bitcoin and what should be done to prevent this.

Taproot could be used to "hide" quantum safe spending conditions inside Bitcoin UTXOs to deal with the risk of quantum ...

In an age where cryptocurrencies have proliferated with astounding vigor, the question of their security against emerging technologies looms large. A significant constituent of this discourse is ...

Five to six years ago, blockchain technology emerged as a bona fide option for capabilities outside of traditional digital cryptocurrency applications that it was known for, like Bitcoin. Experts at ...

Members can download this article in PDF format. In the last two articles, we covered the basic concepts and two basic types of cryptography. In this article, we will look at specific implementation ...