Theoretical 30,000-qubit quantum machine threatens 6 million exposed bitcoin, researchers warn
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A theoretical quantum computer with 30,000 qubits could break the elliptic curve cryptography protecting roughly 6 million bitcoins whose public keys have been exposed on the blockchain, according to researchers. The warning highlights that current quantum hardware remains far from this threshold, yet the scale of vulnerable coins represents a material long-term risk to Bitcoin’s unspent outputs. The key implication is that the Bitcoin community must accelerate migration to quantum-resistant signature schemes before cryptographically relevant quantum computers become feasible.
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