BrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 3 days 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-square26linkfedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up127arrow-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 · 3 days agomessage-square26linkfedilinkfile-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-up1·3 days 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.