Quantum walks sound abstract, but they sit at the center of a very concrete race: who will harness quantum mechanics to solve problems that overwhelm today’s most powerful supercomputers. Instead of ...

Because the migration to PQC is a complex, multi-year undertaking that requires a strategic approach, Peters said organizations need to start now. Cryptography failure due to quantum attacks could ...

Quantum computers—devices that process information using quantum mechanical effects—have long been expected to outperform classical systems on certain tasks. Over the past few decades, researchers ...

Forward-thinking leaders are taking steps to understand where long-lived sensitive data resides and how it’s protected, as ...

The “Harvest Now, Decrypt Later” hacking strategy relies on the belief that the world is only a few years away from ...

Quantum computers have become the latest canvas for humanity’s oldest fantasy: escaping death. Startups, futurists, and speculative essays now suggest that machines built to manipulate qubits could ...

This content has been selected, created and edited by the Finextra editorial team based upon its relevance and interest to our community. 17 years of research has led to Microsoft creating a new ...

What is the Q-Day prize? The Q-Day Prize is a challenge to make the Bitcoin network quantum resistant. On April 16, 2025, quantum computing-focused company Project 11 announced the “Q-Day Prize,” a ...

Vitalik Buterin outlines a roadmap to protect Ethereum from future quantum computing risks with validator and wallet upgrades ...

The Bitcoin network took its first step towards quantum-computing resistance with the addition of BIP 360 to its repository.

New research says today’s quantum computers are far too weak to threaten Bitcoin’s cryptography, leaving the network years to prepare.

APSCHE extends registration for the quantum computing certification course until February 23, offering key resources for students.