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Morning Edition · Saturday, August 8, 2026Published at 1:55 AM EDT · New York
Blockstream Researchers Sweep 25,935 Parameter Sets to Shrink Bitcoin's Post-Quantum Signatures
The chosen configuration makes the stateless fallback roughly a quarter smaller than the standardized alternative, and an open explorer lets anyone check or beat the result.
Blockstream Research has published the parameter search behind SHRINCS, the hash-based signature scheme it proposes for a post-quantum Bitcoin. The team swept 25,935 candidate parameter sets and selected a configuration that makes the schem…
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