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StarkWare’s quantum-safe Bitcoin transaction reaches mainnet

StarkWare announced on Wednesday that it has executed the first-ever quantum-safe Bitcoin transaction confirmed on the ...
PC Magazine

Shor's algorithm

A quantum computer algorithm that is used to find the prime factors in an encryption key. Created by applied mathematician Peter Shor in the mid-1990s, Shor's algorithm may be used to break the codes ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Q-Day and the race to protect your data from quantum attack

You're catching up on some emails. Verifying your identity with a passport picture. Paying an invoice with your bank details. In the background, a "bad actor" is collecting all of your encrypted ...
Physics World

Shor’s algorithm is implemented using five trapped ions

Quantum factor: the Paul trap used by Monz and colleagues. (Courtesy: C Lackner/Quantum Optics and Spectroscopy Group, University of Innsbruck) A quantum computer made of five trapped ions has been ...
NextBigFuture

An explanation of the Shor quantum computer algorithm with minimal math

Scott Aaronson, quantum computer expert, explains the most famous quantum computer algorithm using minimal math. 1. Find a property that is shared by all of possible answers which can be compared. For ...
NextBigFuture

Compiling Shor’s Algorithm to enable arbitrarily large numbers to be factored using constant-sized quantum circuit like factoring a 20000 bit number using two Qubits

Arxiv – Pretending to factor large numbers on a quantum computer – Shor’s algorithm for factoring in polynomial time on a quantum computer gives an enormous advantage over all known classical ...