Crypto10 April, 20261 min read
Experts Find XRP Less Vulnerable to Quantum Computing Threats Than Bitcoin
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XRPL features like key rotation and escrow timelock cut exposure relative to Bitcoin. About 300,000 XRPL accounts never transacted, leaving public keys undisclosed.
XRP's Quantum Resilience
XRP may be less exposed to quantum computer threats than Bitcoin. XRP Ledger validator Vet found around 300,000 accounts have never sent funds, meaning their public keys have never been exposed.
Only two dormant whale accounts with exposed public keys were found, holding 0.03% of the circulating supply. The XRP Ledger is account-based and allows for signing key rotation.
Survivors and the Strike Call
Survivors described scenes of workers pounding on locked metal doors as smoke filled the stairwells.
Nasrin Begum escaped by jumping from a second-floor window.
The Bangladesh Garment Workers' Federation called a nationwide strike.
This was not an accident. This was corporate murder.
Labour Minister Tahmina Akhter pledged an immediate government investigation.
Firefighter Mahmud Iqbal said 47 people had been injured.
Supply Chain Under Scrutiny
Rahman Textile produced clothing for several European fashion brands. Both companies said they were deeply saddened. Hessen's compliance team had audited the factory in March.
Rahman Textile owner Faisal Rahman claimed the factory had passed its most recent safety inspection in January. Clean Clothes Campaign said the audit system was fundamentally broken. Rahman was being questioned about allegations that the factory's emergency exits had been welded shut.