Ledger CTO Sounds Alarm Over New Cryptographic Threats to Bitcoin
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Two new cryptographic breakthroughs raise concerns over the future of Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies, according to Ledger Chief Technology Officer Charles Guillemet. According to Guillemet's Oct. 30 post on X, a recent study shows that it might be easier to break the mathematics behind elliptic-curve cryptography (ECC), which is how Bitcoin is secured. “Thought it was a bad week for crypto? You may have missed the real news,” wrote Guillemet.
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