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๐Ÿšจ YOUR $BTC PRIVATE KEYS COULD BE CRACKED IN 9 MINUTES.
Google researchers just revealed a major quantum breakthrough that could break crypto security far sooner than expected.
They improved Shorโ€™s algorithm by ~20x, meaning a future quantum computer (~500K qubits) could:
โ€ข Crack private keys in ~9 minutes
โ€ข Roughly match Bitcoinโ€™s block time
โ€ข Turn mempool attacks into a real threat
Timeline shift is the scary part.
They now point to ~2029 for this level of power, not the mid-2030s.
Instead of publishing the full method, they only released a proof it exists. That almost never happens.
CZโ€™s take: โ€œNo need to panicโ€ฆ crypto just needs to upgrade to post-quantum algorithms.โ€
The clock is already ticking.
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