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Coinbase Maps Bitcoin’s Quantum Risks While Safeguarding 5% of BTC
14.10.2026
Coinbase, which says it safeguards roughly 5% of all bitcoin, has laid out the technical and operational hurdles bitcoin must clear before quantum-resistant security can become practical. Its message is clear: swapping in a new signature algorithm will not be enough. Bitcoin Faces Quantum Migration...
Bitcoin’s Security Faces a 76% Risk by 2046, AI Model Predicts
12.10.2026
Onchain analyst Willy Woo stirred fresh debate over Bitcoin’s long-term security on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026, after sharing artificial intelligence (AI)-generated estimates suggesting a 1.3% probability that Bitcoin’s digital signatures could be broken within two years. Drawing inspiration from Woo’s...
Europol Warns Quantum Threat Could Put Crypto Fortunes at Risk
7.10.2026
Europol is pushing back on crypto’s quantum doomsday scenario. In a report published Wednesday, the agency says quantum computers pose a far greater threat to exposed wallet keys than to blockchains themselves, warning that vulnerable keys cannot be retroactively secured and will eventually need...
AI Threat: Web3 Told to Add Spending Caps and Circuit Breakers Onchain
24.9.2026
European Union regulators warned that quantum computing threats could emerge earlier than commercial applications, urging financial entities to move away from legacy cryptography. An expert says protocols must replace vulnerable elliptic-curve proofs with hash-based STARKs and upgrade key wrapping...
Quantus Targets $2.7 Trillion Crypto Risk With Quantum-Safe Mainnet
11.9.2026
Quantus has launched its proof-of-work mainnet with post-quantum cryptography built in from day one, betting that quantum resistance will become a defining requirement for crypto networks. Quantus Builds Quantum Defense Into Crypto From Day One A new blockchain is making an unusually specific bet:...
World Adds Post-Quantum Security to New ZK Proving Toolkit
3.9.2026
World integrated 128-bit post-quantum security using the WHIR hash-based scheme to prevent future-proof forgery and align with National Institute of Standards and Technology guidelines.   Proactive Post-Quantum Adoption World recently unveiled an open-source and production-ready zero-knowledge...
Starkware Mines Quantum-Safe Bitcoin Transaction on Mainnet
29.8.2026
A quantum-resistant bitcoin transaction using Starkware researcher Avihu Levy’s QSB method has been mined on mainnet without a soft fork or changes to Bitcoin’s consensus rules. The experiment offers an opt-in defense against future quantum attacks, though it remains costly, nonstandard, and...
Moody’s Backs Treasury Task Force as Quantum Threats Put Crypto on Alert
26.8.2026
Over the last year, people have been urging the financial sector to prepare quantum readiness and this week, the U.S. Treasury published an announcement revealing a task force dedicated to post-quantum cryptography (PQC). Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent insisted that America’s economy must...
Sui Co-Founder Is Building Quantum-Safe Hardware Wallets For $10
12.8.2026
Mysten Labs co-founder and chief cryptographer Kostas Chalkias says he has quietly leased a factory to mass-produce quantum-resistant hardware wallet cards for Sui, aiming to keep users safe from a threat that just cost bitcoin holders roughly $130 million. A Personal Mission Kostas...
Sui Signals Q1 2027 Mainnet Upgrade to Avert Quantum Threat
7.8.2026
Sui announced new measures to prepare its blockchain for a quantum computing-dominated world. The project announced two signature protocols that can be implemented transparently for users with a seamless transition while maintaining already existing recovery phrases and addresses. Sui Announces...
Bitmine’s Tom Lee Warns Bitcoin Lacks Quantum Plan Before 2028
7.8.2026
Bitmine Chairman Tom Lee warned that bitcoin lacks consensus on how to address future quantum-computing threats, unlike other rival networks. His remarks reignited debate over upgrade proposals, vulnerable legacy wallets and whether the danger is being overstated. Tom Lee Says Ethereum and Solana...
Jim Cramer Plans to Dump His Bitcoin, Warns Quantum Will Crack It Soon
4.8.2026
Jim Cramer says he plans to sell all of his bitcoin because he believes quantum computing could break the cryptocurrency’s security within about three years. Cramer Ties Quantum Progress to Bitcoin’s Security The CNBC “Mad Money” host made the comments after a July...
Satoshi Nakamoto Predicted Bitcoin’s Hash Defense 16 Years Before Quantum Fears
18.7.2026
Sixteen years ago, Satoshi Nakamoto answered a doubter on a forum in 2010, and the reply still guides how the network defends its money today. A Forum Post That Set the Rules On July 16, 2010, a user named bdonlan questioned Bitcoin’s double SHA-256 hashing on the Bitcointalk forum. He asked...
‘Bitcoin Is Over’: Former Meta and Google Engineer Warns of Quantum and Miner Time Bombs Affecting BTC
11.7.2026
Patrick Shyu, the former Meta and Google engineer known online as Techlead, warns that quantum computing and decaying miner incentives are two undefused threats hanging over Bitcoin. A Warning Worth Heeding Shyu, who served as a tech lead at Google and later as a staff software engineer at Meta...
BNB Smart Chain Shows Quantum-Safe Crypto Works Despite 50% Throughput Drop
19.5.2026
Developers behind BNB Smart Chain have demonstrated that post-quantum cryptography can already function on a live blockchain architecture, though the transition comes with major trade-offs in transaction size and throughput. The findings highlight how networks may eventually adapt to the long-term...
Casper Network Plans Quantum-Safe Keys in 2027 to Protect Tokenized Assets
14.5.2026
The Casper Association has launched a multi-year technical roadmap focused on institutional-grade infrastructure for real-world asset tokenization and artificial intelligence-driven commerce. Bridging the Ethereum Ecosystem The Casper Association on May 12 unveiled a multi-year technical roadmap...
Paradigm Researcher Proposes PACTs to Shield Dormant Bitcoin From Quantum Computing Risk
2.5.2026
Paradigm researcher Dan Robinson published a proposal on May 1 that could let dormant bitcoin holders, including those believed to be Satoshi Nakamoto’s coins, silently prove address control before quantum computers can crack their keys. Key Takeaways: Paradigm’s Dan Robinson proposed PACTs on...
Solana Readies Quantum Defense With 3-Step Roadmap and Falcon Implementation
28.4.2026
Solana’s two primary validator client developers have independently identified the same post-quantum cryptographic solution for the network, publishing working code on Github as blockchain researchers across the industry step up preparations for a future threat that remains years away....
IBM Quantum Hardware Cracks 15-Bit ECC Key, but Bitcoin Devs Say Random Bits Match the Result
25.4.2026
Post-quantum startup Project Eleven awarded its 1 BTC Q-Day Prize to independent researcher Giancarlo Lelli on April 24, 2026, for breaking a 15-bit elliptic curve cryptography key on a publicly accessible IBM quantum computer, a result the company called the largest public demonstration of...
Cardano Founder Hoskinson: Bitcoin’s Quantum Fix Is a Hard Fork in Disguise
16.4.2026
Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson said Bitcoin’s proposed quantum fix, BIP 361, would effectively confiscate 1.7 million BTC while misrepresenting the scope of changes required to pull it off. Key Takeaways: Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson says BIP 361 misclassifies its own fix, requiring a hard...