Main takeout
- BLACKROCK has expanded the risk of quantum computing threats in the modified Bitcoin ETF submission.
- Modified submissions include preventive measures on the potential effects of quantum computing on the encryption security of Bitcoin.
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Blackrock has updated the IBIT (Ishares Bitcoin Trust) guide to an extended language of the potential risk of Quantum Computing, adding detailed discussions about simple references to technology.
The modified guide submitted on May 9 includes a wide range of details on how quantum computing power can damage the encryption security of Bitcoin.
Pyling points out that the development of quantum computing technology can damage the survival of many encryption algorithms used around the world, including those used to protect digital assets such as Bitcoin.
“If quantum computing can develop in that way, quantum computing is a risk of inefficient encryption, which is the basis of Bitcoin network, which compromises the security of Bitcoin network or a malicious actor to compromise the wallet owned by Bitcoin in Bitcoin Network. It can be used to cause a loss to a shared ranger.
The analyst James Seyffart of Bloomberg ETF reported the change for the first time and mentioned that this was everyday in SEC submission.
Seyffart said, “This is just a basic risk disclosure. They will emphasize the potential things that can be wrong for the products they are listing or in the basic assets they are investing.”
The submission is a bitcoin community studying quantum resistance solution, but there is no guarantee that a new quantum architecture will be built, and there is no guarantee that appropriate transitions will be implemented in the proper way.
On Friday, Blackrock also submitted an amendment to the Ishares Ethereum Trust to add in -kind creation/restraint provisions. After the company met with SEC staff and discussed staying and parameters for optional transactions for Crypto ETFs, the submission began.
Quantum chips cause problems, but Bitcoin is not broken yet.
There is a discussion about the way that can cause risks in quantum computing and Bitcoin’s security.
There was concern in December when Google unveiled Willow, the next -generation quantum chip. The company insisted that Willow would solve certain calculations in a few minutes. The task of the world’s most powerful classic supercomputer for 10 years.
Just a few months later, Microsoft announced a quantum chip called Majorana 1, its own milestone.
This development relocated the fear of how fast quantum computing is in the encryption space.
Many people in the community expressed their immediate concern that more and more powerful quantum machines can break the encryption that protects old Bitcoin wallets and modern exchange someday.
Despite the rapid progress, most experts agree that quantum computers are not powerful or stable enough to put a real threat to Bitcoin in the short term. Currently, this innovation is more theoretical than practical when breaking public key encryption on scale.
Nevertheless, the industry does not wait. Many projects are already exploring and implementing quantum resistance technology, and we expect the final arrival of the future of the “quantum-safety” future.
Interestingly, quantum computing can only be dangerous. You can also improve blockchain security.
Last month, researchers from JPMORGAN, Quantinuum, and other groups have successfully used quantum computers to enhance encryption, improve digital signatures, and create a breakthrough random number that can make the blockchain system more safer.
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