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Breaking Bitcoin: Crypto Proponents Discuss Honeywell’s 6 Qubit Quantum Computer
22.6.2020
On June 19, 2020, the massive industrial firm Honeywell told the public the company is now running a quantum computer that effectively leverages six effective quantum bits, or qubits. Honeywell’s machine is two times more powerful than the quantum computers designed by IBM and Google. With...
Brute Force Attack Puts Super-fast End to ‘4-Week’ Bitcoin Riddle
17.6.2020
Hackers rose to the challenge of stealing a bitcoin – with a “brute force” cryptanalytic attack allowing raiders to crack into a wallet and make away with the BTC 1 booty.
Alistair Milne, the chief investment officer at the Altana Digital Currency Fund, had set the world of social media...
How Hard Is It to Brute Force a Bitcoin Private Key?
28.10.2019
Trying to crack a private key with a brute force attack is a bit like trying to count to infinity: the sooner you begin, the faster you’ll never get there. Despite being as next to impossible as impossible gets, using a brute force attack to crack a bitcoin private key remains an intriguing...
Force a React Component to Re-Render
7.3.2018
The beauty of React components is that they automagically render and update based on a change in state or props; simply update the state from any place and suddenly your UI element updates — awesome! There may be a case, however, where you simply want to brute force a fresh render of a React...