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Study: 10,000 qubits could crack key encryption sooner than expected

Researchers affiliated with Caltech and the quantum computing startup Oratomic have published a preprint claiming that Shor’s algorithm, the theoretical tool capable of breaking widely used public-key encryption,

Google warns quantum attack could crack Bitcoin in 9 minutes

Google's new whitepaper says it could take only minutes for a quantum system to crack Bitcoin.
BeInCrypto

CZ Says Crypto Will Survive Quantum Computing — But Satoshi’s Bitcoin May Not

CZ says crypto can survive quantum computing by upgrading to post-quantum algorithms, but cautions of execution considerations.
Coinspeaker

Google Cuts Quantum Cracking Timeline 20x, Renewing Bitcoin and Crypto Security Debate

Google Quantum just cut the qubit requirement to break Bitcoin encryption by 20x, and 6.7 million crypto addresses are in risk.

Google researchers just put a new expiration date on Bitcoin

A team of Google researchers just set a new date for post-quantum cryptography migration: 2029. Among other things, this means that Bitcoin, as well as many other cryptocurrencies, needs to adopt new cryptographic techniques that are resilient to quantum attacks within three years.
Security Boulevard

Inventors of Quantum Cryptography Win Turing Award

Charles Bennett and Gilles Brassard have won the 2026 Turing Award for inventing quantum cryptography. I am incredibly pleased to see them get this recognition. I have always thought the technology to be fantastic,