‘Something Changed:’ Developer Warns Quantum Computing Could Break Bitcoin in Three Years
Hunter Beast, author of BIP 360, a proposal that aims to make bitcoin quantum computing resistant, has warned about advancements in the field that could potentially endanger bitcoin. “I don’t think we have as much time a...
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