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ForkLog 35 20.02.2025

Microsoft Unveils Majorana 1 Quantum Computing Chip

Microsoft has announced its first quantum computing chip, Majorana 1. The company claims to have “created an entirely new state of matter”—topological. The chip employs the “world’s first topological conductor,” a groundbreaking type of material that can observe and control Majorana particles to create more reliable and scalable qubits. Majorana 1 utilizes eight topological qubits […]

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ForkLog 55 10.02.2025

Tether CEO Predicts Hacking and Return of Satoshi-Linked Bitcoins

Lost bitcoins, including approximately 1 million BTC belonging to Satoshi Nakamoto, will be hacked and returned to circulation, according to Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino. Prediction. Quantum computing is still very far from any meaningful risk of breaking Bitcoin cryptography.Quantum resistant addresses will eventually be added to Bitcoin before there is any serious threat. All people […]

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ForkLog 54 26.12.2024

Russia Unveils Prototype of 50-Qubit Quantum Computer

Scientists from Moscow University and the Russian Quantum Center have developed the country’s first prototype of a 50-qubit quantum computer. It was tested on December 19, according to the MSU website. The prototype is based on single neutral rubidium atoms, which are captured by optical tweezers—focused laser beams. A qubit is encoded in the internal […]

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ForkLog 63 18.12.2024

Quantum Computers Could Crack Bitcoin in Five Years, Scientist Warns

Commercial quantum computers may be able to crack the elliptic curve keys securing Bitcoin wallets in about five years. This perspective was shared by Pierre-Luc Dallaire-Demers, a scientist from the University of Calgary, in a conversation with DLNews. The expert refers to ECDSA 256 encryption, which protects addresses and signs transactions using pairs of public […]

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ForkLog 22 10.12.2024

Google’s Quantum Chip Sparks Bitcoin Security Concerns

Experts from Google Quantum AI unveiled the latest quantum chip, Willow, which has caught the attention of the crypto community as a potential threat to Bitcoin. According to Hartmut Neven, head of the tech giant’s division, the chip completed a standard benchmark calculation in under five minutes. In comparison, one of the fastest modern supercomputers, […]

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ForkLog 33 25.11.2024

Quantum Technologies vs. Supercomputers: Who Will Crack Bitcoin?

Google experts have unveiled a technology that, with the application of artificial intelligence, could make quantum computing practical in real life, according to an article in Nature. In the presented work, Deepmind researchers explained that their new AI system, AlphaQubit, has succeeded in correcting persistent errors that have long plagued quantum computers. “Quantum computers have […]

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ForkLog 21 14.10.2024

Chinese Scientists Use Quantum Computer to Breach Cryptographic Algorithms

Chinese scientists have conducted the “world’s first effective attack” on a widely used encryption algorithm using a quantum computer, according to SCMP. The breakthrough poses a “real and substantial threat” to the long-standing password protection mechanism employed in critical sectors such as banking and the military, researchers claim. A team led by Wang Chao from […]

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ForkLog 70 11.03.2024

Vitalik Buterin Proposes Quantum-Resistant Strategy for Ethereum

Ethereum currently possesses robust capabilities to protect user funds from quantum computers through a simple “recovery fork,” according to Vitalik Buterin, the project’s co-founder. “The blockchain would require a hard fork, and users would need new wallet software, but few would lose their funds,” he stated. In a publication on Ethereum Research, Buterin noted that […]

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ForkLog 35 07.02.2024

Hedera and Saudi Arabia to Support Tech Startups with $250 Million

The Hashgraph Association, affiliated with Hedera, and the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Investment have signed a memorandum worth $250 million. Under this agreement, a DeepTech venture studio will be established to support local and international startups interested in operating in the Kingdom. The initiative will focus on developing innovative solutions in AI, blockchain, robotics, the […]

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ForkLog 61 06.02.2024

Quantum computers: who will bask in the glow of the analogue–digital chandelier?

Quantum computers have long inspired both hope and anxiety. Optimists expect them to propel computing into a new era, tackling problems beyond the reach of today’s most powerful machines. Pessimists counter that, for ordinary users, all those qubits dangling in “chandeliers” will bring little besides new challenges for cryptography and data protection. For ForkLog readers, […]

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ForkLog 16 18.02.2022

JPMorgan unveils quantum-key-distribution solution to shield blockchain from quantum attacks

The financial conglomerate JPMorgan, together with Toshiba and the telecommunications company Ciena, developed a prototype solution to protect critical nodes of blockchain infrastructure from quantum computing.

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ForkLog 62 12.01.2022

Alphabet to spin out Sandbox Technology as a dedicated quantum‑computing company

Alphabet plans to spin out Sandbox Technology, a group of quantum computing developers, into a separate company. The corporation is incubating a secret startup within its Moonshot venture programme.

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