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Quantum Threat Looms Over Bitcoin's Cryptographic Foundation

Quantum Threat Looms Over Bitcoin's Cryptographic Foundation

Bitcoin, the world's leading cryptocurrency, faces a growing threat from quantum computing, which could potentially undermine the elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) that secures its network. ECC, which was developed in 1985, is the basis of Bitcoin’s security. Yet the advent of strong quantum computers poses an existential threat to that...

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