The last six months or so have seen several proposals for improvements to Bitcoin Script: CAT, 64-bit arithmetic, as well as some older ideas (CTV) and far-future ideas (Chialisp and Simplicity). This ...

Blockchain security firm CertiK continues its exploration of post-quantum cryptography as the digital transformation of key industry segments continues in 2026. Following an update mostly covering one ...

The rise of quantum computing poses both promise and peril for modern cryptography—and blockchains lie right at the crossroads. As machines become capable of shattering our current cryptographic ...

Classical public-key cryptography derives its security from integer factorisation. Diagram by Venus Kolhi. Quantum computers bring exponential computing power, ultrafast calculations, advanced ...

Coin Metrics pointed out that quantum computing is advancing faster than many expected, shrinking the timeline for breaking the cryptographic foundations that ...

As technological advancements surge forward, the specter of quantum computing looms ever larger. While the promise of quantum computers holds the potential to revolutionize fields like weather ...

In many network communications it is crucial to be able to authenticate both the contents and the origin of a message. Digital signatures based on public key schemas are used for such authentication.

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released a new advisory mapping post-quantum cryptography (PQC) standards to common enterprise hardware and software categories, ...