Researchers from Caltech and Oratomic, a Caltech-linked startup, published findings on March 31, 2026, arguing that a useful quantum computer capable of running Shor’s algorithm on real cryptographic ...

Building a utility-scale quantum computer that can crack one of the most vital cryptosystems—elliptic curves—doesn’t require ...

Two research groups say they have significantly reduced the amount of qubits and time required to crack common online ...

Google published a paper on March 31 that states that Bitcoin's cryptography could be impacted by quantum computing sooner ...

Google research suggests quantum computers could break Bitcoin encryption sooner, raising urgency for quantum safe upgrades.

Future quantum computers will need to be less powerful than we thought to threaten the security of encrypted messages.

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

According to a study by engineers at Caltech and the UC Department of Physics, quantum computers do not need to be nearly as ...

One paper finds that attacking the bitcoin blockchain through quantum mining would demand the energy output of a star.