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Quantum Computers Pose Imminent Threat to Bitcoin Security

• madeuptempacct 9y ago
  Can Bitcoin be modified to avoid this, or is it over once ECDSA is broken?
• hapnin 9y ago
  Although the article mentions the QC threat to all encryption schemes, it's clickbait to just single out Bitcoin in the title.
  • coldacid 9y ago
    Considering the original paper's[1] name "Quantum attacks on Bitcoin, and how to protect against them" I wouldn't call this clickbait. [1]: https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.10377 https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.10377
    • hapnin 9y ago
      Point taken. Merci.
• QML 9y ago
  Quantum supremacy is 10-15 years out (from what I’ve heard). Is it normal for people to be worried about threats so far out? We don’t even know if Bitcoin will exist then; only concern would be the cryptography that underpins it which is a greater issue.