Quantum Threat Could Split Bitcoin—Analyst Warns Politics, Not Tech, Is The R...
According to on-chain analyst James Check, Bitcoin may face a political crisis as much as a technical one if powerful quantum computers arrive. Related Reading: Ripple’s Big Ambition Revealed By CEO: A Future Challenger To JPMorgan? He warns that the hard part will not be the math but getting the Bitcoin community to agree on […]
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Analysts at investment research firm Bernstein are pushing back against growing fears that quantum computing poses an existential danger to Bitcoin. Concerns about quantum computing breaking Bitcoin’s cryptography have grown following recent findings from Google researchers. Bernstein analysts, however, say the quantum threat is only a technical challenge that the network can adapt to over […]
The founder of Capriole Investments has warned about the Quantum risk to Bitcoin, saying there’s a 34% chance it breaks BTC in the next three years. Bitcoin Could Trade At A Discount If No Quantum Fix Is Deployed As Quantum Computing continues to advance, many in the Bitcoin community have been raising concerns about what a breakthrough could mean for the cryptocurrency. Capriole Investments founder Charles Edwards has been one of those voices. Related Reading: Chainlink’s Top Whales Reverse Course, Quietly Scoop Up $263M In LINK Last week, Edwards gave a presentation on the Quantum....
The development of quantum computers may spell the doom of Bitcoin. Bitcoin is dead! It has been predicted 112 times already. There is even a website that keeps track of all these obituaries. The latest prophecy predicts the death of Bitcoin once quantum computers make an entry. This plausible prediction comes at the time when Bitcoin is going strong, rebounding from a recent dip in its price following the BitFinex hacking incident. The threat of quantum computers on Bitcoin was predicted by Andersen Cheng, the co-founder of a UK-based cyber security firm, Post Quantum. He was quoted by a....
New research shows Bitcoin is facing a discount of about 20% due to the Quantum Computing threat, and it could rise further without an upgrade. Bitcoin Quantum Discount Could Hit 60% By 2028 Capriole Investments founder Charles Edwards has published a new research piece on how the Quantum Computing risk could discount the fair value of […]
A senior UK security official is pushing for a temporary freeze on cryptocurrency donations to political parties, warning that foreign governments could exploit the hard-to-trace nature of digital currencies to quietly shape British politics. Related Reading: Bitcoin Vs. Quantum: Saylor Says The Threat Is Over A Decade Off Matt Western, who chairs the Joint Committee […]