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Google’s Willow Sparks Quantum Panic: Is Bitcoin’s Future in Jeopardy?

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Google’s unveiling of Willow, its latest quantum computing chip, has reignited chatter about Bitcoin’s cryptography and whether it might be vulnerable. On Dec. 12, a lively X Spaces broadcast had BTC enthusiasts debating the reality of the threat. Some participants suggested that before 2030, we might see 1 million qubit machines with the power to … Read more

Bitcoin vs. Quantum Computers: US Government Says Post-Quantum World Is Getting Closer, CISA Warns Contemporary Encryption Could Break

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According to the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), while quantum computers are incapable of breaking public key encryption algorithms, public and private entities need to prepare for future threats against cryptography that is not quantum resistant. Most of today’s digital communications, including cryptocurrencies, leverage public key encryption and CISA believes when “quantum computers … Read more

Breaking Bitcoin: Crypto Proponents Discuss Honeywell’s 6 Qubit Quantum Computer

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On June 19, 2020, the massive industrial firm Honeywell told the public the company is now running a quantum computer that effectively leverages six effective quantum bits, or qubits. Honeywell’s machine is two times more powerful than the quantum computers designed by IBM and Google. With Honeywell revealing the new quantum computer, skeptics have already … Read more