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Researchers cut quantum resource benchmark 20-fold for Bitcoin and Ethereum attack
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A Google-led team cut the estimated physical qubits needed to crack crypto's core cryptography by roughly 20 times, putting the timeline for quantum threats closer than most expected. A collaboration between Google Quantum AI, the Ethereum Foundation, and Stanford has published.
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