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12 Apr 2020 7 minute read 15 comments SkinnerCrypto
It's a really popular topic nowadays, even more so than it ever has been. Quantum Computing (While still admittedly in its infancy) became an incredibly serious area of research this last decade - and I believe it will become one of the biggest thing...
31 Mar 2020 4 minute read 2 comments Allen Walters
I've been following an interesting project for a long time now: QRL (the Quantum Resistant Ledger). The QRL is a blockchain that has been up and running for almost two years now. As the name suggests, QRL is a blockchain that is resistant against hac...
15 Jan 2020 2 minute read 0 comments FKlivestolearn
The phenomenon which Einstein called “spooky action at a distance” may revolutionize the way how we communicate in the future We have taken some huge strides in the field of Quantum computing in the last couple of years — from Google & IBM developi...
5 Jan 2020 2 minute read 2 comments FKlivestolearn
This may also spell an earlier demise for Moore’s Law The emerging power and exponential growth of Quantum Computing in recent years have people questioning the validity of Moore’s Law — coined by Intel co-founder Gordon Moore in 1965 which deduced...
16 Dec 2019 2 minute read 6 comments BitcoinGordon
Yes, you read it correctly (and because it is on the internet, you know it is true). Disregard the "satire" because you know it's gonna happen some day, right? A Quantum computer simply named Ralph, deciphered the 2fa trading password of one of it's...
14 Oct 2019 2 minute read 0 comments Allen Walters
You can read part A here. z = The time we have until a quantum computer of a critical level has materialized. Estimations are all over the place. From a couple of years to never. Z is the great unknown. q = is the margin we should deduct from z as a...
13 Oct 2019 3 minute read 0 comments Allen Walters
To make a complete and realistic estimate of the expected timeline for upgrading and coin-migration we use Mosca’s theorem of risk determination. For blockchain, the theorem can be adjusted as follows: The sum of v, w, x, and y should obviously be s...
24 Sep 2019 3 minute read 2 comments Allen Walters
Since Google and NASA have reached quantum supremacy after a year collaboration this week, the discussion about quantum computing and blockchain security has increased and articles on the subject popping up left and right. In the very informative art...
2 Sep 2019 5 minute read 0 comments Allen Walters
You can read the first part here. (Development timeline and advice from the NSA, NIST, the NAS, Federal Register) The reason they advise starting to seriously prioritize the development, standardization, and deployment of post-quantum cryptography...
28 Aug 2019 4 minute read 0 comments Allen Walters
You can read part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3A here, part 3B here, part 3C here, part 4A here, part 4B here, and part 4C here, and part 4D here, part 5 A here, part 5 B here, part 5 C here part 5 D here, and part 5 E here, Part 6 A here, part 6 B her...
