But cryptocurrencies aren't the only application at risk.

Quantum computers of the future may be closer to reality thanks to new research from Caltech and Oratomic, a Caltech-linked start-up company. Theorists and experimentalists teamed up to develop a new ...

Caltech slashes quantum computing requirements 100x, undermining the core argument that Bitcoin's encryption is safe for decades.

Researchers affiliated with Caltech and the quantum computing startup Oratomic have published a preprint claiming that Shor’s ...

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

Research suggests fault-tolerant quantum machines could arrive sooner than expected, posing a threat to Bitcoin and Ethereum cryptography.

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

Scientists have unveiled a new approach to ultra-secure communication that could make quantum encryption simpler and more ...

Google Quantum just cut the qubit requirement to break Bitcoin encryption by 20x, and 6.7 million crypto addresses are in risk.