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Bitcoin 'Q-Day' Draws Nearer as Quantum Researcher Breaks Simplified Key
Bitcoin 'Q-Day' Draws Nearer as Quantum Researcher Breaks Simplified Key Project Eleven awarded 1 BTC to an Italian researcher after a public quantum computer breaks a 15-bit elliptic curve key, the largest public demon…
Why it matters
The timing matters: quantum is converging with shifts in researcher, which could amplify the downstream impact.