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Bitcoin Takes Step Towards Quantum Fix as Experts Diverge on Urgency of Threat

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Bitcoin Takes Step Towards Quantum Fix as Experts Diverge on Urgency of Threat

In brief

  • Developers merge BIP 360 into the Bitcoin’s GitHub improvement repository, advancing a post-quantum framework.
  • Caltech President Thomas Rosenbaum said fault-tolerant quantum systems could arrive within five to seven years.
  • Other researchers and NIST guidance suggest cryptographically relevant machines may remain years or decades away.

Bitcoin developers have taken another step towards addressing the risk posed by future quantum computers, merging BIP 360 into the Bitcoin Improvement Proposals…

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