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Frequently asked quantum questions (FAQQ) is a wikimedia website towards answering, in a well-referenced fashion, common statements, assertions, and misconceptions about how quantum computing will effect Bitcoin along with the rest of the blockchain space.
It's put together by contributing members from the Quantum Resistant Ledger.
Overview
Assertions
Misconceptions
- Bitcoin's developers have already planned for this.
- Bitcoin will just hard/softfork
- If they can break SHA_256, we’ll upgrade to SHA_384
- But if you don’t reuse addresses, you’re safe because BTC only exposes the hash of your public key if you have never transferred BTC from that address
- Quantum computing is a long ways away, there's no need to bother
- If ECDSA will be broken, banks and the whole internet is broken. Blockchain is the least we’ll need to worry about then.
Further reading
Current News Articles
- 10/2022 newatlas.com: "64-dimensional quantum space" drastically boosts quantum computing
- 10/2022 pys.org: New form of silicon could revolutionize semiconductor industry
- 09/2022 pasqal.io: 324 atom quamtum processor
- 09/2022 quantumcomputingreport.com: every QRL encryption which was chosen for the future and is being used since genesis is recommended by the NSA
- 09/2022 phys.org: entanglement of many atoms discovered for the first time
- 08/2022 uk.pcmag.com: Fujitsu to start selling quantum computers in 2023
- 08/2022 nature.com: erasure conversion for fault tolerant quantum computing in alkaline earth rydberg atom arrays
- 08/2022 sciencealert.com: new record for the fastest two qubit quantum gate between atoms
Series: Quantum resistant blockchain and cryptocurrency, the full analysis
- Laying the groundwork
- Blockchain mathematical concepts
- Quantum resistant blockchains explained
- Challenges in upgrading existing blockchains
- Challenges in upgrading existing blockchains, continued
- Why BTC is vulnerable for quantum attacks sooner than todays estimates
- Common arguments and false claims
