Every online bank transfer, private message and Bitcoin transaction rests on the assumption that some math problems are ...

Initiative aims to publish a formally verified implementation of Shor’s quantum factoring algorithm with relevance to cryptography and other high-value domains ...

Peter Shor published one of the earliest algorithms for quantum computers in 1994. Running Shor's algorithm on a hypothetical quantum computer, one could rapidly factor enormous numbers—a seemingly ...

The head of global investment research at Coinbase says that quantum computing poses significant risks to Bitcoin's security.