BrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 18 hours agoFear that quantum computing is on the cusp of cracking cryptocurrency's encryption spurs a global investment firm to remove Bitcoin from recommendationswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1129arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1126arrow-down1external-linkFear that quantum computing is on the cusp of cracking cryptocurrency's encryption spurs a global investment firm to remove Bitcoin from recommendationswww.tomshardware.comBrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 18 hours agomessage-square19fedilinkfile-text
The firm’s senior financial strategist is concerned the advancements in the field of quantum computing will break Bitcoin.
minus-squarea_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·15 hours agoGuessing how close or far we are from any given computing breakthrough is bound to be wrong. I wouldn’t be shocked if some governments were pouring money into this in secret.
Guessing how close or far we are from any given computing breakthrough is bound to be wrong.
I wouldn’t be shocked if some governments were pouring money into this in secret.