IBM’s 133-qubit quantum computer cracked a toy 6-bit ECC key, showcasing progress but posing no threat to Bitcoin or Ethereum yet. Bitcoin and Ethereum rely on ECC-256, far beyond current capabilities ...

1 Department of Information Engineering, Ningxia Communications Technical College, Yinchuan, China 2 School of Computer, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China As an important component of the ...

In a world where ransomware has morphed into data extortion, encryption is just the bait. The real threat is what’s already gone by the time you realize anything’s wrong. The Fast Company Executive ...

Quantum computing threatens to break Bitcoin’s elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) by 2030, exposing millions of BTC to theft. A new Bitcoin Improvement Proposal outlines a phased plan to freeze ...

It was a little note in a much longer press conference. Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Kyle Dubas blossomed when talking about player development and what the organization was able to do last ...

Update (June 4, 2025, 6:45 am UTC): This article has been updated to add commentary by crypto lawyer Michael Bacina. Malikie Innovations, a firm that acquired tens of thousands of patents from ...

Last year, you confirmed that node-jwk-to-pem is not working with elliptic signatures on #187 (comment). However, since then, elliptic has received attention due to signature verification ...

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Quantum computing is on the horizon, promising to solve complex problems beyond the capabilities of classical computers. But for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, which rely on today’s cryptographic ...