Even if Bitcoin eventually adopts post-quantum protections for on-chain outputs, five parts of the Lightning Network’s off-chain payment system would still need separate upgrades, according to a Sept. 12 research preprint . Related Reading Bitcoin exchanges can reduce quantum exposure before a...
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Lightning Network of Bitcoin already has a functional implementation designed to face a threat that still belongs to the future, but that researchers from East Texas A&M University consider necessary to address from now on: quantum computers capable of compromising the cryptography used by the network. The project, called PQLN (Post-Quantum Lightning Network), was presented on [...] Bitcoin's Lightning Network entry incorporates a post-quantic d…