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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 ...
Martin Cid Magazine

Shor’s algorithm resource requirements for RSA-2048 fell by an order of magnitude in under a year

The encryption protecting global banking, government communications, and digital identity does not fail when a quantum ...

Google issues ‘Q-Day’ warning

Google researchers found certain quantum computers could break the encryption protecting the world’s largest cryptocurrency.
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Watch Out Bitcoin: Cryptography-Breaking Quantum Computers May Be Closer Than Expected, Says Caltech

Research suggests fault-tolerant quantum machines could arrive sooner than expected, posing a threat to Bitcoin and Ethereum cryptography.
Quanta Magazine

New Advances Bring the Era of Quantum Computers Closer Than Ever

Two research groups say they have significantly reduced the amount of qubits and time required to crack common online ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN

Quantum advance cuts qubit needs from 1000 to 5, brings practical computing closer

Scientists at California Institute of Technology and startup Oratomic have developed a method to ...

Quantum computers might crack today's encryption far sooner than we thought

According to a study by engineers at Caltech and the UC Department of Physics, quantum computers do not need to be nearly as ...