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Guides

Long-form reference guides from The Quantum Intelligencer — written for serious readers who prefer substance over hype.

Post-Quantum Cryptography

A Complete Guide

From NIST standards to lattice-based schemes — everything you need to understand about cryptography designed to survive the quantum era.

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Bitcoin & Quantum Computing

Security Threats and Defenses

How quantum computers threaten Bitcoin's cryptographic foundations, and what the community is doing to prepare for Q-Day.

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Quantum Computing

From Qubits to Q-Day

A grounded overview of quantum computing — the hardware, the milestones, the error correction problem, and the timeline to cryptographic relevance.

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7-Part Series

Building a Quantum-Secure Bitcoin

The Engineering Challenges

What would it actually take to make Bitcoin resistant to quantum computers? From replacing ECDSA with lattice-based signatures to redesigning Taproot’s script trees — a technical deep-dive into the problems, tradeoffs, and working code behind quantum-resistant cryptocurrency.

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These guides are maintained by the editorial staff of THE QUANTUM INTELLIGENCER and updated as the field evolves.

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