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Quantum computing and blockchains: Let's match the urgency with the actual threats. But first, where are we on timelines to an cryptographically relevant quantum computer? Lately, the timelines are being overstated — leading to calls for urgent, wholesale transitions to
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What this all means for blockchains:
Quantum computing and blockchains: Let's match the urgency with the actual threats. But first, where are we on timelines to an cryptographically relevant quantum computer? Lately, the timelines are being overstated — leading to calls for urgent, wholesale transitions to
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The bigger problem right now.
Quantum computing and blockchains: Let's match the urgency with the actual threats. But first, where are we on timelines to an cryptographically relevant quantum computer? Lately, the timelines are being overstated — leading to calls for urgent, wholesale transitions to
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Fidelity explored 52 crypto use cases. Only one worked… at first. CEO Abigail Johnson shares the company's early thesis on crypto, also covering the R&D bets they made. She also shares thoughts on stablecoins, and the future of traditional finance and crypto. This episode is
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It's nuts how many smart people are uninformed or misinformed on quantum computing -- falling for buzz, hype, or noise (no pun intended;) So @SuccinctJT put together a practical explainer sharing where we ARE on timing, how to avoid misdirection, & focus post-quantum efforts:
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Privacy will be the most important moat in crypto. Why? Because secrets are hard to migrate. Everyone is launching a new "high performance" blockchain lately. But these chains are hardly different from one another. Blockspace is functionally the same everywhere. And with
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1/ Quantum computing predictions lately range from "public key cryptography will be broken in 2 years" to "it's a century away." Both are wrong. My latest post explains what publicly known progress actually supports — and what blockchains should do about it. Thread below 🧵
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Way behind in this post (hopefully still some holiday shopping to be done), but check out @a16zcrypto team's 2025 holiday gift guide! I have a number of submissions here (sorry, not sorry for what you may spend) but I have to say, my favorite is the natural peanut butter
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new episode with @Fidelity CEO Abby Johnson
Not many leaders in TradFi were exploring Bitcoin in 2013. @Fidelity CEO Abby Johnson was. I got to interview her at @a16zcrypto’s Founders Summit — and the stories are incredible. We cover Fidelity’s early crypto thesis, what got them to where they are today, and how she
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Not many leaders in TradFi were exploring Bitcoin in 2013. @Fidelity CEO Abby Johnson was. I got to interview her at @a16zcrypto’s Founders Summit — and the stories are incredible. We cover Fidelity’s early crypto thesis, what got them to where they are today, and how she
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Fidelity CEO Abigail Johnson shares an inside look into Fidelity’s decade of crypto experimentation — from early Bitcoin mining to custody.
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Tell your story.
In this short guide, we share helpful tips on how to interact with policymakers. ⤵️
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✦ NEW PRODUCT LAUNCH ✦ Introducing NEAR AI Cloud and Private Chat—two products that offer hardware-backed, verifiable privacy and are built around one simple yet powerful principle: Users should own their AI 🧵
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