What Presidio Bitcoin Found About Quantum Computing: Threat Timeline And Next Steps

Non-profit group Presidio Bitcoin has released a technical report examining the growing quantum computing risk to the Bitcoin network.  The document looks at where quantum capabilities stand today, how much of BTC’s value could be exposed, what mitigations are already feasible, and how the wider ecosystem might coordinate a software update and migration.  Why Upgrades… Continue reading What Presidio Bitcoin Found About Quantum Computing: Threat Timeline And Next Steps

BTQ Unveils First Bitcoin Upgrade Testnet Designed To Thwart Quantum Attacks

BTQ Technologies moved a key Bitcoin (BTC) security proposal from theory to practice on Thursday, releasing Bitcoin Quantum testnet v0.3.0 with the first working implementation of Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 360 (BIP 360).  The upgrade—aimed at making Bitcoin transactions resistant to future quantum-computing attacks—gives developers, miners, and researchers a live environment to test how quantum-resistant transactions… Continue reading BTQ Unveils First Bitcoin Upgrade Testnet Designed To Thwart Quantum Attacks