Decrypting Crypto: Cryptocurrencies and the Quantum Computer Threat

…Thanks to Shor’s algorithm, cryptocurrencies will be exceptionally vulnerable to a future quantum computing attack…

…What makes crypto vulnerable to Shor’s algorithm is elliptic-curve cryptography, which applies to all distributed ledger technology…

…Fortunately, solutions already exist: post-quantum cryptography and quantum computing…

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