A breakthrough in protecting cryptocurrency from a potential attack by a quantum computer has been announced by a cryptography and blockchain-infrastructure company.
Israel-based StarkWare revealed Aug. 26 that a quantum-safe transaction using its Quantum-Safe Bitcoin (QSB) method had been mined on the Bitcoin (BTC) mainnet, the cryptocurrency’s live production network.
“StarkWare’s announcement is significant because it demonstrates something that, until now, many people assumed would require a change to the Bitcoin protocol,” explained David de Paula Santos Silva, founder and CEO of CyberX, a global cybersecurity company.
“A Bitcoin holder…
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