Quantum computer researchers: Bitcoin encryption breakable in a few years
croes
15 points
5 comments
April 03, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (3 comments)
Our_Benefactors
Who wants to offer me this bet? This will be forever 5 years away, like commercial fusion
freddydumont
Can anyone comment on the seemingly impossible transition from quantum computers on the order of ~150 qubits available today to systems with the 500,000 physical qubits required to break classical encryption? Seems like quite the handwave, especially with a target as close as 2030.
general1465
If Bitcoin encryption is breakable so soon, then what about RSA? That would be a bigger deal than a bitcoin.