China launches cloud quantum computer with free trial

The system more than doubles the chip capacity of its previous generation, of 72 qubits. The Origin Quantum computer does not incorporate fault-tolerant error correction. Origin Quantum, a Chinese company linked to the national government, launched Origin Wukong-180, its fourth generation of superconducting quantum computer. The system offers a free trial that is available to … Read more

“The most threatening quantum advances will be a state secret”

Project Eleven estimates Q-Day in a base case around 2033. Final quantum advances would follow the logic of state intelligence, not academic publishing. Project Eleven, a research firm specialized in post-quantum cryptography applied to cryptocurrency ecosystems, warns that the latest milestones in the development of a cryptographically relevant quantum computer (CRQC) will be classified as … Read more

They develop 160-byte post-quantum signatures, are they applicable in Bitcoin?

The EternaX Labs team presented this May 5 a new post-quantum authentication scheme called SILMARILS (Compact Post-Quantum Authentication System for Cryptoasset Chain Systems) that produces digital signatures of only 160 bytes. The development responds to one of the main problems of post-quantum migration: the size of its signatures compared to the systems currently used. The … Read more

The NEAR cryptocurrency network already has its post-quantum signatures chosen

The Near One team announced this May 6 that the NEAR Protocol cryptocurrency network will adopt ML-DSA (FIPS-204, formerly known as Dilithium) as its first post-quantum signature scheme. Deployment will begin on a testnet (testnet) before the end of the second quarter of 2026. ML-DSA is a signature scheme based on lattices (mathematical structures that … Read more

Q-Day could arrive in 2030 and put millions of BTC at risk, according to Project Eleven

The estimated exposure exceeds $560 billion in BTC. The report suggests that BTC’s transition to post-quantum schemes would require several years. A Project Eleven analysis released on May 6, 2026 warns that so-called “Q-Day,” the point at which quantum computing could break public-key cryptography, could arrive as soon as 2030. The report suggests that up … Read more

Bitcoin needs social consensus to migrate to post-quantum cryptography

The Project Eleven “debacle” triggered the debate on the urgency of post-quantum migration at Bitco For Guillemet, the central question in the face of the quantum threat is when and how to act. Charles Guillemet, chief technology officer (CTO) of Ledger, warned on April 27 that, faced with the threat of quantum computing, Bitcoin faces … Read more

What’s next, Bitcoin! Quantum-proof wallets?!

Other signature schemes could replace the Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm. The replacement would seek to prevent the derivation of private keys from public bitcoin addresses. The community of users and developers have expressed their concern about the future of Bitcoin in the face of the advent of quantum computing. To date, concerns have mainly … Read more

Satoshi foresaw the consequences of quantum computing “breaking” Bitcoin

Recently, the technology giant Google launched a quantum chip called Willow. The processing capacity of this chip has been described in an attractive way for marketing, saying that it can solve in 5 minutes a mathematical problem “that would take a supercomputer 10 septillion years (that is, 10 25), a number that far exceeds the … Read more

Adam Back gives his opinion on quantum and its danger for Bitcoin

On December 9, Google launched Willow, its quantum chip with a power of 105 qubits. Other analysts, in agreement with Adam Back, understand that this risk would be distant. The debate over advances in quantum computing and its potential impact on cryptography continues to generate reflections. Recently, CriptoNoticias reported that analysts have dismissed the theoretical … Read more