[2016-07-08] Google Experimenting with Crypto for the ‘Post-Quantum Era’

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Google Experimenting with Crypto for the ‘Post-Quantum Era’

What happens to cryptography once quantum computers are everywhere? Will it still be possible to keep encrypted systems — like the Bitcoin network — secure?

This week, Google addressed the question with a blog post titled, “Experimenting with Post-Quantum Cryptography,” which looks at how possible computing speeds in the future could compromise encryption, even today.

http://bitcoinist.net/google-crypto-post-quantum-era/