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Quantum Threat to Bitcoin? Google Flags Encryption Risk

Key NotesGoogle researcher reveals quantum computers could break Bitcoin encryption sooner than expected.Bitcoin’s elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) is vulnerable to quantum attacks like Shor’s algorithm.Current quantum hardware isn’t powerful enough yet but progress is rapidly accelerating. Craig Gidney, a Quantum AI researcher at Google, warned that Bitcoin’s encryption faces growing risks

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