The Internet Computer Protocol is an ambitious blockchain project aimed at creating a world computer, and according to a new report from the shepherding nonprofit Dfinity Foundation, it has raised ...

(THE CONVERSATION) – People hear a lot about blockchain technology in relation to cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, which rely on blockchain systems to keep records of financial transactions between ...

Google published a paper on March 31 that states that Bitcoin's cryptography could be impacted by quantum computing sooner ...

Decentralized networks are becoming commonplace on today's technical landscape, as enterprises seek to write custom applications that solve business problems. Increasingly these are based on smart ...

One paper finds that attacking the bitcoin blockchain through quantum mining would demand the energy output of a star.

Computers are shrinking rapidly. You can build a pretty capable little machine powered by a device like the Raspberry Pi, but that's still huge compared with IBM's latest machine. The company that ...

Developers are considering ways to quantum-proof the world's oldest cryptocurrency as the threat of this computing moves beyond a hypothetical.

As Google warns that the elliptic curve cryptography protecting the Bitcoin blockchain might be at risk sooner than expected, ...