Bitcoin miners and mining are required for new bitcoins to enter into circulation. Mining is also a critical component of the security of the blockchain ledger.

Earlier this month, Google announced a brand-new quantum chip dubbed Willow. The 105-qubit chip — that’s double the qubit count of the tech giant’s preceding Sycamore chip — completed a computation in ...

Recent breakthroughs in quantum computing have led market commentators to, once again, claim that Bitcoin’s future is under threat. Google’s Willow quantum chip and its ability to significantly reduce ...

FILE - Craig Wright arrives at the Rolls Building in London for a hearing over the identity of the creator of Bitcoin, in London, Feb. 23, 2024. Wright, an Australian computer scientist found to have ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LONDON (AP) — An Australian computer ...