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The quantum conversation is no longer hypothetical for security leaders. Data being collected now could be decrypted by attackers later. On Ep. 41 of The Main Scoop, Daniel Newman, Greg Lotko, and Tom Cosenza break down Y2Q and what “harvest now, decrypt later” really means. Quantum has the potential...

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Jeff Dornik

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It might seem like quantum computing is still years away, but the risk is real, and the time to build resilience is now. In his interview with the Daily Crypto News podcast, our CEO David Joao Vieira Carvalho David Carvalho explains why the crypto industry can't afford to delay building defenses against the looming quantum threat. Just like we were caught off guard by how fast AI evolved, the same could happen with quantum computing. And unlike AI, once quantum breaks cryptography, it’s going to be too late to react. Even the NSA/CSS is actively preparing today. And their goal is not to be ready for 2040, but for 2028–2030. That should tell us something. History shows that legislation always lags behind innovation. But in crypto, resilience must be proactive, because the whole $3.4 trillion ecosystem could be at risk. 🎧 Thanks to Daily Crypto News for the great conversation! Catch the full episode and dive into what the future of post-quantum security really looks like:
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It might seem like quantum computing is still years away, but the risk is real, and the time to build resilience is now. In his interview with the Daily Crypto News podcast, our CEO David Joao Vieira Carvalho David Carvalho explains why the crypto industry can't afford to delay building defenses against the looming quantum threat. Just like we were caught off guard by how fast AI evolved, the same could happen with quantum computing. And unlike AI, once quantum breaks cryptography, it’s going to be too late to react. Even the NSA/CSS is actively preparing today. And their goal is not to be ready for 2040, but for 2028–2030. That should tell us something. History shows that legislation always lags behind innovation. But in crypto, resilience must be proactive, because the whole $3.4 trillion ecosystem could be at risk. 🎧 Thanks to Daily Crypto News for the great conversation! Catch the full episode and dive into what the future of post-quantum security really looks like:

NaoX Protocol

10,496 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr

🚨 MIT PROFESSOR SHOT DEAD IN HIS HOME - HE WAS WORKING ON TECHNOLOGY THAT COULD HAVE BROKEN THE ENERGY SYSTEM MIT professor of nuclear science and engineering and of physics, Nuno Loureiro was shot inside his home and later died at a local hospital. Police say no motive has been announced. No suspect identified. But what’s setting off alarm bells is what he was researching. Before his death, Loureiro was working on two frontier technologies at MIT: • Nuclear fusion stabilization - research aimed at unlocking a near limitless, low cost energy source that could disrupt coal, oil, and the global power structure • Quantum computing - designing advanced algorithms to simulate plasma behavior, a key step toward machines that could dwarf today’s phones and laptops These aren’t side projects. These are civilization-level technologies with massive economic and geopolitical consequences. Fusion energy alone threatens trillion dollar industries. Quantum computing threatens encryption, finance, defense, and surveillance systems. Authorities insist there is no announced connection between his research and the shooting. But people are asking the uncomfortable question anyway: When someone working on world changing technology is killed at home… how often is it really “just random”?
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🚨 MIT PROFESSOR SHOT DEAD IN HIS HOME - HE WAS WORKING ON TECHNOLOGY THAT COULD HAVE BROKEN THE ENERGY SYSTEM MIT professor of nuclear science and engineering and of physics, Nuno Loureiro was shot inside his home and later died at a local hospital. Police say no motive has been announced. No suspect identified. But what’s setting off alarm bells is what he was researching. Before his death, Loureiro was working on two frontier technologies at MIT: • Nuclear fusion stabilization - research aimed at unlocking a near limitless, low cost energy source that could disrupt coal, oil, and the global power structure • Quantum computing - designing advanced algorithms to simulate plasma behavior, a key step toward machines that could dwarf today’s phones and laptops These aren’t side projects. These are civilization-level technologies with massive economic and geopolitical consequences. Fusion energy alone threatens trillion dollar industries. Quantum computing threatens encryption, finance, defense, and surveillance systems. Authorities insist there is no announced connection between his research and the shooting. But people are asking the uncomfortable question anyway: When someone working on world changing technology is killed at home… how often is it really “just random”?

HustleBitch

399,219 Aufrufe • vor 9 Monaten

The Google and Caltech quantum papers demonstrated 2 breakthroughs: that Bitcoin cryptography is much easier to break than previously thought, and that far fewer logical qubits may be necessary for physical qubits. Project Eleven CEO Alex Pruden explains: "These two papers are not necessarily about a quantum computer that's bigger or more capable. They're about what it takes to break cryptography." "So what changed? One of the things that changed was that physicists and quantum cryptographers that looked at this problem for a long time studied an algorithm called RSA — an older cryptographic algorithm." "But that's not what really any blockchains use, because RSA keys are very large. It turns out, and this was one of the key upshots of the Google paper, that if you focus on the cryptography used by Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other networks, it's actually way easier to break than they thought it was, compared to RSA." "The other big breakthrough, and this is from the Caltech paper: Quantum computers are very fragile, generally. So to be useful, they need to have what's called error correction applied. And that can result in a lot of overhead. You need to have tons of physical qubits to get to one logical qubit." "This Caltech paper basically showed, 'Hey, we have some new ideas for error correction. And it turns out if we apply those, we don't need hundreds or thousands of physical qubits, maybe we just need a handful to make one logical cubit.'" "The headline of their paper is 'You may only need 10,000 physical qubits to run Shor's algorithm.' And by the way, they demonstrated 6,000 last year."
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The Google and Caltech quantum papers demonstrated 2 breakthroughs: that Bitcoin cryptography is much easier to break than previously thought, and that far fewer logical qubits may be necessary for physical qubits. Project Eleven CEO Alex Pruden explains: "These two papers are not necessarily about a quantum computer that's bigger or more capable. They're about what it takes to break cryptography." "So what changed? One of the things that changed was that physicists and quantum cryptographers that looked at this problem for a long time studied an algorithm called RSA — an older cryptographic algorithm." "But that's not what really any blockchains use, because RSA keys are very large. It turns out, and this was one of the key upshots of the Google paper, that if you focus on the cryptography used by Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other networks, it's actually way easier to break than they thought it was, compared to RSA." "The other big breakthrough, and this is from the Caltech paper: Quantum computers are very fragile, generally. So to be useful, they need to have what's called error correction applied. And that can result in a lot of overhead. You need to have tons of physical qubits to get to one logical qubit." "This Caltech paper basically showed, 'Hey, we have some new ideas for error correction. And it turns out if we apply those, we don't need hundreds or thousands of physical qubits, maybe we just need a handful to make one logical cubit.'" "The headline of their paper is 'You may only need 10,000 physical qubits to run Shor's algorithm.' And by the way, they demonstrated 6,000 last year."

TBPN

16,456 Aufrufe • vor 5 Monaten

Marc Lopresti joins Liz Claman on FOX Business to break down the quantum national security race.A year ago we flagged the coming wave of federal investment in quantum tech — calling it the tip of the iceberg and a Manhattan Project-level priority. This morning’s funding news is exactly what we outlined. $GFS ripping to fresh all-time highs on the largest single award ($375M). $RGTI surging +31%. $QBTS showing strength in qubits. $IBM is getting $1B from the government (and matching it), but Marc X. LoPresti highlighted the asymmetric upside in smaller, agile quantum names as “Q-Day” approaches he moment quantum computing can break modern cryptography.We called it early. The capital is now following #ITSNOTANOPTION 📙 not to download new Report (link here)👉
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Marc Lopresti joins Liz Claman on FOX Business to break down the quantum national security race.A year ago we flagged the coming wave of federal investment in quantum tech — calling it the tip of the iceberg and a Manhattan Project-level priority. This morning’s funding news is exactly what we outlined. $GFS ripping to fresh all-time highs on the largest single award ($375M). $RGTI surging +31%. $QBTS showing strength in qubits. $IBM is getting $1B from the government (and matching it), but Marc X. LoPresti highlighted the asymmetric upside in smaller, agile quantum names as “Q-Day” approaches he moment quantum computing can break modern cryptography.We called it early. The capital is now following #ITSNOTANOPTION 📙 not to download new Report (link here)👉

Market Rebellion

14,286 Aufrufe • vor 4 Monaten