All cryptography uses hash functions. if it exists [a way to break hashing] we are doomed as human beings. That’s over for cryptography.The NIST-approved post-quantum signatures are at least ten times ...

Last summer saw security giant Palo Alto Networks update its firewall operating system with quantum-optimized hardware to deliver high‑throughput processing of post-quantum cryptography (PQC). The ...

The post-quantum cryptography (PQC) market size is expected to reach $1.88 billion by 2029, up from $302.5 million in 2024, with a compound annual growth rate of 44.2%, according to Research and ...

Will quantum computers crack cryptographic codes and cause a global security disaster? You might certainly get that impression from a lot of news coverage, the latest of which reports new estimates ...

The crypto industry's reaction was that a quantum computing threat was still distant when Google unveiled its Willow quantum chip in December 2024. Bitcoin uses SHA-256 for mining and ECDSA for ...

Digital security experts around the world have their eyes fixed on the Y2Q—“Years to Quantum”—clock. It ticks down the time until the projected date when a quantum computer will be able to break an ...

In 1994, the computer scientist Peter Shor discovered that if quantum computers were ever invented, they would decimate much of the infrastructure used to protect information shared online. That ...

Imagine waking up one day to find that all your confidential emails are suddenly an open book for anyone with a powerful enough computer. Sounds like a nightmare, right? Well, with the rapid ...

Ethereum isn't waiting for quantum computers to become a problem before figuring out how to survive them. The Ethereum Foundation launched pq.ethereum.org on Wednesday, a dedicated resource hub for ...

After announcing a 2029 target for migration to post-quantum cryptography (PQC), Google issues a new warning that a quantum system could attack a Bitcoin (BTC) transaction in about nine minutes. The ...