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

2026-10-14Industry news3 reads

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

Whether or not quantum computers will break Bitcoin one day is a hot topic .

But what about second-layer solutions like Lightning ?

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.

JUST IN: East Texas A&M University students announce they've built the first post-quantum security solution for the Bitcoin Lightning Network pic.twitter.com/GJYL2a9g2G

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.

As first uncovered in a research paper in September, the team said they added post-quantum cryptography to Lightning’s communications, payment requests and related systems, implemented in Rust-Lightning.

Source: Bitcoin Magazine

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