We asked prominent crypto and blockchain actors how they would summarize the year 2019 for the industry. Alexander Zaidelson, CEO of Beam I think the year of 2019 was a year of big hopes for wider adoption and some disappointments. The Libra debacle was one of the big events that, in my view, influenced the […]
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Cointelegraph reached out to leaders of the crypto and blockchain space to find out what their New Year’s wish was for the industry. The digital currency space has seen rapid growth and expansion in 2019, with heightened interest from governments and global corporations. Cryptos recovered from the 2018 bear market, when with Bitcoin (BTC) crashed […]
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A team of researchers claims that the prototype silicon chip that they developed enables encryption that is impossible to break. A team of researchers claims that the prototype silicon chip that they developed enables encryption that is impossible to break. According to an article published on Dec. 20 by scientific paper publication outlet Nature, the […]
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Quantum computing services seem to be our future soon enough, but will cryptocurrencies be ready for it when the time comes? Quantum supremacy is officially here, whether we’re ready for it or not. This fall, a research paper from Google was prematurely leaked, claiming just that — quantum supremacy — including the results of a […]
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Another FAANG company has its sights on financial services — this time it’s Google, as Forbes has reported, polemically claiming this could “kill Bitcoin.” Another FAANG company has its sights on financial services — this time it’s Google, as Forbes reported on Nov. 16, polemically claiming this could “kill Bitcoin.” In an interview with the […]
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The Elixxir president thinks ‘true’ quantum computers will be used in secret. Elixxir President Jim Dolbear thinks the question of when quantum computing will become real is a bad one. Speaking on behalf of Elixxir founder David Chaum at BlockShow Asia 2019, Dolbear suggested that it is highly likely that whoever perfects quantum computing will […]
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“Emerging technologies such as blockchain have the potential to define the war industry over the coming decades,” former NATO Secretary General Rasmussen tells Cointelegraph. When Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh said that blockchain and artificial intelligence would “revolutionize war,” as Cointelegraph reported on Nov. 4, did he take things a bit too far? Jet engines […]
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Head of Cryptography at IoTeX says the blockchain community should address three issues to prevent being overtaken by quantum computers. Blockchain community should immediately begin working on three issues to prevent being overtaken by quantum computers, a cryptography expert says. Xinxin Fan, head of cryptography at privacy-IoT blockchain platform IoTeX, published an article in The […]
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From Cointelegraph Japan: This week’s selected cryptocurrency and blockchain news from Japan. In this week’s selected cryptocurrency- and blockchain-related news from Cointelegraph Japan, the Japanese Liberal Democratic League said that it will formulate a quantum technology innovation strategy by the end of this year, crypto exchange Coincheck’s registered users are steadily increasing, Mt. Gox trustee […]
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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin does not think that Bitcoin faces any real threats from Google’s quantum computer just yet. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin is not at all impressed by the perceived threat Bitcoin (BTC) faces from Google’s quantum computer. Buterin took to Twitter on Oct. 23, where he commented on the news that Google had […]
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