Google warned that quantum advances could break crypto security sooner than expected, with analysts recommending ‘appropriate urgency.’

A team of Google researchers just set a new date for post-quantum cryptography migration: 2029. Among other things, this means that Bitcoin, as well as many other cryptocurrencies, needs to adopt new cryptographic techniques that are resilient to quantum attacks within three years.

Google Quantum just cut the qubit requirement to break Bitcoin encryption by 20x, and 6.7 million crypto addresses are in risk.

Google's new whitepaper says it could take only minutes for a quantum system to crack Bitcoin.

CZ took to X saying there’s “no need to panic” as it’s only about crypto needing to upgrade to quantum-resistant (post-quantum) algorithms. Google: Quantum computers may break Bitcoin, Ethereum security Fewer than 500,

Google cut the qubits needed to break crypto encryption by 20x and withheld the circuits. Here's why that matters.