For now, the ecosystem lacks unified standards against quantum risk. Trezor, Ledger and emerging projects lead post-quantum research. Quantum computing is no longer a distant concept and is beginning to emerge as a real risk to the security of Bitcoin. A report published on March 30 by Google suggests that, in a future scenario, a … Read more
The Safe team, one of the most widely used multi-signature wallet protocols on Ethereum, announced on April 2 the launch of Safenet Beta, a decentralized network of validators designed to verify transactions before they are executed in Safe accounts, moving security from external warnings to the execution process. Safenet’s goal is to close the gap … Read more
S2morrow uses Falcon-512, a post-quantum scheme standardized by NIST. The implementation of S2morrow did not involve any forks or changes to the protocol. The Starknet team, an Ethereum second layer (L2) network, announced the deployment of S2morrow, a tool that allows you to create and use accounts (wallets) with post-quantum cryptography and which is now … Read more
A single seed phrase generates wallets on networks such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, Tron, XRP Ledger. The OWS standard stores private keys on user devices. The fintech MoonPay published this March 23 the Open Wallet Standard (OWS), an open source protocol that defines a unified way for artificial intelligence (AI) agents to store private keys, … Read more
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
A district judge in Austin, capital of the state of Texas in the United States, this week ordered Frank Richard Ahlgren to hand over the private keys to his bitcoin (BTC) wallet. The order seeks to recover at least $120 million in BTC, about 1,200 coins. Judge Robert Pitman ruled that Ahlgren reveal your access … Read more
«The most sensible thing would be to turn off the Chivo Wallet due to the controversy it has generated since its inception. Numerous users have experienced account lockouts, while others have taken advantage of the Bitcoin wallet to carry out fraud. It is for this reason that I believe that the International Monetary Fund has … Read more
Salvadoran users criticize Chivo Wallet for more failures. The Government promises a transition without interruptions, but uncertainty persists. For more than three years, complaints about the Chivo Wallet, the bitcoin wallet launched by the government in 2021, were abundant. Now, faced with the announcement of its possible sale or definitive closure, Salvadoran users express their … Read more
El Salvador decided to discontinue the government-created Bitcoin wallet, Chivo Wallet, as part of an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This measure is announced as a requirement to access a loan of USD 1.4 billion from the multilateral organization. Stacy Herbert, the director of the National Bitcoin Office of El Salvador, confirmed on … Read more
Companies related to digital assets that come to Wall Street are moving the market forcefully, as demonstrated by the sudden increase in the stock of Exodus, a bitcoin (BTC) self-custody wallet, on its first day of trading. Under the ticker EXOD, the company’s Class A common stock began trading on the New York Stock Exchange … Read more