Quantum computers are alternative computing devices that process information, leveraging quantum mechanical effects, such as ...

What is the Q-Day prize? The Q-Day Prize is a challenge to make the Bitcoin network quantum resistant. On April 16, 2025, quantum computing-focused company Project 11 announced the “Q-Day Prize,” a ...

CoinShares says quantum computing poses no immediate threat to Bitcoin. Current tech needs decades and millions of qubits to ...

Major tech companies drive quantum research with breakthrough chips promising real-world applications in networking and ...

In the quest to prepare the Bitcoin ecosystem to handle future quantum computing threats, Bitcoin developers have officially submitted BIP-360 into the Bitcoin Improvement Proposal repository. This ...

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has finalized a set of encryption algorithms designed to withstand cyberattacks from quantum computers. These ...

This content has been selected, created and edited by the Finextra editorial team based upon its relevance and interest to our community. 17 years of research has led to Microsoft creating a new ...

YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y. - OCTOBER 18: Exhibition model of IBM Q System One quantum computer. (Photo by Misha Friedman/Getty Images) Like the hapless tramps in Samuel Beckett’s play Waiting for Godot, ...

IIT Roorkee is one of India's premier institutes of national importance. The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee has launched an Advanced Certificate in Quantum Computing: Algorithms and ...