Amid the significant progress in quantum computing, this technology is a big threat to blockchains and they are preparing for ...

New research says today’s quantum computers are far too weak to threaten Bitcoin’s cryptography, leaving the network years to prepare.

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 ...

Quantum computers still look like lab toys: Racks of hardware, error-prone qubits and almost no real-world applications. Yet if you check the roadmaps of major layer-1 blockchains, a new priority now ...

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 ...

Quantum computers promise enormous computational power, but the nature of quantum states makes computation and data inherently "noisy." Rice University computer scientists have developed algorithms ...

Right now, quantum computers are small and error-prone compared to where they’ll likely be in a few years. Even within those limitations, however, there have been regular claims that the hardware can ...

This Collection invites original research articles on quantum algorithms, focusing on the latest advancements in their design and implementation. Topics of interest include the latest quantum ...

Companies such as IBM, TCS and L&T are associated with the project. Currently a nascent field, quantum computing could ...

The Albert Einstein Jewish Brazilian Hospital, in the city of São Paulo (Brazil), has launched a project to evaluate the application of quantum computing to develop new drugs, advance the ...