🎯 Quantum attack

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• Zcash Developer Zakura Proposes Fix to Stop Quantum Computers Linking Shielded Swaps
  article2026-10-19It is written here as Quantum attack: a quantum computer running Shor's algorithm recovers the incoming viewing key from an address, then sees the value and memo of every payment received and ties them together.
• ‘Wow, it’s a real discovery’: Claude cracks a 25-year NSA number mystery
  article2026-10-17It is written here as Quantum attack: deriving a secret key from a public key visible on Bitcoin's blockchain, regardless of how the curve was chosen; no computer capable of this exists yet.
• Coinbase, which holds 5% of all bitcoin, wants the quantum fix started now
  article2026-10-14It is written here as Quantum attack: a cryptographically relevant quantum computer (CRQC) reverse-engineers a private key from a public key and drains wallets; Google researchers say such a machine could exist by 2029.

  CRQC