Part one explained the physics of quantum computing. This piece explains the target — how bitcoin's encryption works, why a ...

Project Eleven, a quantum security research company, awarded a prize to researcher Giancarlo Lelli for using a quantum computer to break a 15-bit elliptic-curve key — a small-scale version of the same ...

Quantum computing future explained through cryptography, optimization, and AI breakthroughs showing how quantum computing ...

However, it is not necessary to use fancy quantum cryptography technology such as entanglement to avoid the looming quantum ...

Independent researcher Giancarlo Lelli broke a 15-bit elliptic curve key on publicly accessible quantum hardware, 512 times ...

Google published a paper on March 31 that states that Bitcoin's cryptography could be impacted by quantum computing sooner than previously stated.

Google research shows future quantum computers could crack Bitcoin private keys in 9 minutes, threatening 6.9 million bitcoin ...

At the same time, a March 2026 preprint from a Caltech–Berkeley–Oratomic collaboration explores what might be possible using ...