Researchers Build First Working Post-Quantum Defense for Bitcoin’s Lightning Network

Second-layer solutions like Lightning may also need protection from quantum computers. Here’s how a research team appears to have cracked it. Whether or not quantum computers will break Bitcoin one day is a hot topic . Well, researchers from East Texas A&M University, North American University, Florida Gulf Coast University, and Florida Institute of Technology have been working on that. In an announcement Tuesday, the team of researchers said that they built what they describe as the first full post-quantum security design for the Lightning Network.