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By Jean-Luc Maracon
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Why Quantum Computing Threatens Blockchain Now. The core problem is straightforward, even if the fix isn't.
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Starknet's Plan and the Collaboration Push. The roadmap isn't just an internal technical project.
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What Comes Next for Crypto Security. StarkWare's push lands at a moment when quantum computing is moving faster than most people in…
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StarkWare dropped a quantum roadmap for Starknet this week. It's a direct challenge to an industry that's been slow to move on one of the biggest long-term threats to blockchain…
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CEO Eli Ben-Sasson was blunt about it. The crypto industry shouldn't wait for an external push — regulatory, competitive, or otherwise — to start dealing with quantum computing…
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The core problem is straightforward, even if the fix isn't. Quantum computers, once they reach sufficient scale, can break the encryption algorithms that basically every major…
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That's not a bug. It's a structural vulnerability baked into the cryptographic foundations of the entire industry.
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StarkWare's position is that Starknet, its layer-2 network built on Ethereum, needs to get ahead of that before it becomes a crisis.
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The roadmap isn't just an internal technical project. StarkWare is calling for industry-wide collaboration — explicitly.
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That's a fair read of the situation. Blockchain networks are interoperable by design. A quantum-resistant Starknet doesn't do much good if the Ethereum mainnet it settles on is…
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StarkWare says it's pursuing partnerships with other industry leaders to share knowledge and speed up development. Exactly which firms are involved wasn't spelled out.
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Related: Chinas Open-Source AI Push Puts Crypto and Tech Investors on Edge
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And there's a real question about whether the broader industry will follow. Crypto companies are famously competitive.
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Some researchers think it could happen sooner. Others think the engineering challenges are still massive. No one really knows for sure.
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What's clear is that building quantum-resistant cryptography takes time. Designing new algorithms, testing them, getting them audited, deploying them across live networks with…
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