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Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson said post-quantum cryptography exists, but would slow blockchains without hardware support.

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Pete Rathburn is a copy editor and fact-checker with expertise in economics and personal finance and over twenty years of experience in the classroom. d3sign / Getty Images A blockchain is a secure ...