Traditional encryption methods have long been vulnerable to quantum computers, but two new analyses suggest a capable enough ...

With around 26,000 qubits, the encryption could be broken in a day, the researchers report in a paper submitted March 30 to ...

Most simplifies the complex process of quantum computing as "it can be 0 and 1 at the same time." That is not an explanation ...

Building a utility-scale quantum computer that can crack one of the most vital cryptosystems—elliptic curves—doesn’t require ...

About eight years ago, toward the end of a panel I was moderating on cybersecurity, I turned to the panelists and asked them ...

Quantum computers may slam into hard architectural walls long before they can crack the encryption protecting online banking, ...

Using a powerful machine made up of 56 trapped-ion quantum bits, or qubits, researchers have achieved something once thought impossible. They have proven, for the first time, that a quantum computer ...

A high level overview of the recent report by Chaincode Labs on the threat quantum computing poses to Bitcoin. We outline a dual-track migration strategy for Bitcoin in response to the potential ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Javier Bastardo is a Venezuelan covering Bitcoin news since 2017. On February 11 the most concrete action Bitcoin developers have ...