Cryptography
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said the protocol should be built to operate for decades without constant upgrades and must be resilient against future quantum computers. He urged early integration of quantum-resistant cryptography to avoid disruptive emergency fixes.
Coinbase’s head of global investment research warned that quantum computing could seriously threaten Bitcoin’s cryptographic security. The alert raises pressure on exchanges, custodians and wallet developers to accelerate post-quantum planning.
Solana and Project Eleven completed tests of post-quantum signature schemes, taking a concrete step toward quantum-resistant transaction security. The trial marks an early move to future-proof the network against potential quantum threats.
The new executive directive aims to fuse federal data, advanced supercomputing, and AI to speed breakthroughs in energy, biology, and national security. Crypto and blockchain projects may see both opportunity and risk as government compute power and data access expand.
Billionaire investor Ray Dalio told CNBC that future quantum computing advances could break Bitcoin by undermining its cryptographic foundations. His comments have renewed debate over timelines and the need for quantum-resistant upgrades.
IBM says processor and software advances will speed its path to fault-tolerant quantum computing by 2029, a development that renews questions about long-term cryptographic risks to Bitcoin (BTC).
Eli Ben‑Sasson, co‑founder of Zcash and Starknet, says demand for privacy is rising and outlines the technical challenge of preserving payment integrity on public blockchains. He points to zero‑knowledge proofs and protocol design as key tools to reconcile confidentiality with verifiability.
Ledger CTO Charles Guillemet says quantum computers are unlikely to break Bitcoin’s current security in the near term, though vigilance and migration strategies remain necessary.
Google's Willow chip has reached a quantum advantage milestone, completing in hours what classical supercomputers would take thousands of times longer. While this breakthrough sparks fresh concerns over Bitcoin's cryptography, experts reassure that threats are still a decade away, and current cryptography remains secure. Discover more about this quantum leap and its implications with Bitlet.app.
Anatoly Yakovenko, co-founder of Solana, warns at All-In Summit 2025 that Bitcoin's current cryptography may be vulnerable to quantum computers by 2030, urging a hard fork to quantum-resistant signatures. However, experts like Adam Back and Peter Todd remain skeptical about the immediacy of this risk.