CZ says crypto can adapt to quantum computing, but Satoshi‑era Bitcoin faces acute risk
Changpeng Zhao has urged the crypto industry to treat quantum computing as a solvable technical challenge rather than a reason for panic.
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Google paper finds far fewer qubits needed to break ECC, sharpening quantum threat to crypto networks
Google’s Quantum AI team has published a whitepaper arguing that the quantum resources needed to break elliptic-curve cryptography are far lower than previously…
Ethereum forms Post‑Quantum team to harden protocol; aims to finish L1 upgrades by 2029
Ethereum developers have formally launched a dedicated Post-Quantum team, signaling a more organized push to prepare the network for a future in which quantum computing…
Galaxy: Quantum computers pose a real threat — but only some wallets are exposed
Quantum computing is emerging as a real but highly selective risk for Bitcoin, with exposure depending less on the asset itself than on how specific wallets were used.
Bitcoin developers merged BIP-360 to limit quantum exposure by removing Taproot key-path spends
Bitcoin’s BIP-360 proposal has been merged into the official BIPs repository, introducing Pay-to-Merkle-Root, or P2MR, as a new output type intended to reduce Bitcoin’s…
Developer Rejects Quantum-computing Theory for Bitcoin Selloff
Bitcoin developer Matt Corallo pushed back on the idea that quantum-computing fear is the core driver of Bitcoin’s latest drawdown, arguing on Laura Shin’s Unchained…
Coinbase Analyst Warned Quantum Threat To Bitcoin Goes Beyond Wallet Hacks
David Duong, Coinbase’s Global Head of Investment Research, argued that quantum computing is a bigger risk to Bitcoin than “someone stealing a wallet.” He estimated that…