Bitcoin Took Its First Step Against Quantum Computers

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

Federal Funding of Public Key Cryptography

Today, PKC forms the foundation for e-commerce, allowing more than US$1 trillion per day in foreign exchange transactions in North America alone. 10 This technology also allows electronic banking, ...
CoinDesk

To freeze or not to freeze: Satoshi and the $440 billion in bitcoin threatened by quantum computing

In the event that quantum computers one day become capable of breaking Bitcoin’s cryptography, roughly 1 million BTC attributed to Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of the Bitcoin network, could become ...
Decrypt

Bitcoin Quantum Threat Takes Center Stage at Ethereum Conference

At ETH Denver, developers warned that advances in quantum computing could threaten Bitcoin’s digital signatures as the industry continues to debate how to prepare.
Scientific American

Mathematicians make a breakthrough on 2,000-year-old problem of curves

Since ancient Greece, researchers have tried to isolate special rational points on curves. Now they have the first ever formula that applies uniformly to all curves ...
The New York Times

Climate and Environment

The case could have significant bearing on a range of other lawsuits brought against the fossil fuel industry by cities and states across the country. By Karen Zraick A key statute was designed to ...