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Crypto's First Quantum Hack May Leave No Clues Behind Christopher Smith, CEO of Quantus Network, says the first quantum computing attack on crypto could look like an unexplained wallet breach. Smith said a powerful enough quantum computer could derive private keys from public data without touching a wallet or... device directly. He said a quantum attacker targeting crypto would likely go after Tether's minting key rather than Satoshi Nakamoto's dormant Bitcoin. An attacker could mint tokens from an administrative wallet and dump them before Tether could respond. Sean Cheetham of Blockchain Capital said attackers would more likely target exchange hot wallets quietly rather than steal Satoshi's coins. Google accelerated its post quantum migration timeline to 2029 in March. The move followed an AI assisted breakthrough showing elliptic curve cryptography could be broken with far fewer qubits than previously forecast. Source: Cointelegraphshow more

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🚨BREAKING: GOOGLE WARNS 6.9M BITCOIN WILL BE VULNERABLE WHEN QUANTUM COMPUTERS BECOME POWERFUL ENOUGH A new Google Quantum AI whitepaper has identified approximately 6.9 million Bitcoin $BTC vulnerable to future quantum at-rest attacks. Around 1.7 million BTC sits in old Pay-to-Public-Key scripts, with public keys permanently exposed on the blockchain. This includes coins widely believed to belong to Bitcoin's pseudonymous creator Satoshi Nakamoto. No quantum computer powerful enough to exploit this exists today. But the paper warns that when one does, these dormant assets require no transaction to be broadcast — a future attacker could simply derive the private key silently from public data. The research team revealed that a superconducting quantum computer could derive a Bitcoin private key in approximately 9 minutes — just inside Bitcoin's average 10-minute block time. Google warns the coins represent a "fixed, multibillion-dollar target" if protocol changes are not made in time. The paper proposes governments consider legal frameworks for "digital salvage," treating dormant quantum-vulnerable coins similarly to unclaimed sunken treasure, to prevent them falling to rogue states or criminal actors first.

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‼️ALERT: ETHEREUM'S TOP 1,000 WALLETS COULD BE DRAINED IN NINE DAYS WITHOUT A QUANTUM UPGRADE Google's quantum research team warns that a future fast-clock quantum computer could compromise Ethereum's 1,000 highest-value accounts in less than nine days. Those accounts collectively hold approximately 20.5 million $ETH. Bitcoin users can avoid exposing their public keys. Ethereum users cannot. The moment an Ethereum user sends their first transaction, their public key is permanently exposed on the blockchain, according to the report. It stays exposed indefinitely. The paper identifies five distinct quantum attack vectors on Ethereum. Among the most alarming is the threat to smart contract admin keys. Those keys control over $200 billion in stablecoins and tokenised real-world assets. Ethereum's Proof-of-Stake consensus mechanism also relies on quantum-vulnerable BLS signatures. A sufficiently advanced quantum attacker could use this to compromise the blockchain's finality itself. There is a silver lining. The Ethereum Foundation is already researching post-quantum alternatives. The paper suggests this gives Ethereum a potential advantage over Bitcoin in executing an orderly transition to quantum-safe cryptography.

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New Quantum Shield Aims To Protect Existing Crypto Wallets Blockchain security firm AmericanFortress has proposed a quantum resistant security scheme for existing crypto wallets. The company says users would not need to move funds, rotate keys, or change wallet addresses. The approach keeps existing wallet addresses unchanged while adding post quantum protection. It is designed for Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and other elliptic curve based blockchains. According to the firm, the proposal relies on zero knowledge proofs generated from the original wallet seed phrase. The technical paper has been published but has not yet undergone peer review.

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🚨STARKWARE CEO SAYS GOOGLE QUANTUM RESULT MEANS BITCOIN SHOULD PREPARE! Eli Ben-Sasson | Starknet.io explained that Google’s new magic-state breakthrough improves how physical qubits create efficient logical qubits, one of three areas needed for a quantum computer that could break signatures. It does not break bitcoin:native today, but he says the progress is enough that Bitcoin should move faster on quantum resistance, including a soft fork.

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18 years ago, Satoshi Nakamoto published a 9-page paper. "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System." No company. No CEO. No permission needed. Just math, code, and a network anyone could join. What began as an idea on a cryptography mailing list is now held in ETFs, corporate treasuries, and even national reserves. For 18 years, Bitcoin's security has rested on one simple premise: some math problems are too hard to solve. Quantum computing is beginning to challenge that premise. That does not mean a quantum computer can break Bitcoin today. But the research is moving faster than the conversation around it in crypto. And if that day comes, some of the first coins at risk would be the Bitcoin held in wallets widely associated with Satoshi. Untouched since Bitcoin’s earliest days. Join MemeBitcoin. Spread the message before Satoshi’s wallet is drained. No one enters Satoshi wallet before us. 1,096,361

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Bitcoin developers just proposed freezing early BTC wallets forever Bitcoin developers led by Jameson Lopp have published BIP-361, a post-quantum migration proposal. It requires holders to move their coins to quantum-resistant addresses or face permanent freezing by the network. The plan would phase out legacy ECDSA and Schnorr signatures over several years, rendering them invalid if quantum computing threats materialize. Developers argue the move is a necessary defensive measure to protect the network before sufficiently powerful quantum computers arrive.

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Most people look at Quip through the lens of post-quantum security. I think the more interesting story is happening somewhere else. Instead of asking users to learn quantum computing, Quip Network is quietly embedding quantum technology into products people can already use. Quantum randomness powers NFTs. Node operators contribute compute through simple tooling. BTC holders get access to quantum-resistant protection. Builders are already creating wallets and explorers on top of the network. Each product introduces a different piece of the quantum stack, but the user never has to understand the underlying science. That is a much harder problem to solve than building the technology itself. The real opportunity for Quip may not be making quantum computing more powerful. It may be making quantum computing invisible. Nucleus

Most people look at Quip through the lens of post-quantum security. I think the more interesting story is happening somewhere else. Instead of asking users to learn quantum computing, Quip Network is quietly embedding quantum technology into products people can already use. Quantum randomness powers NFTs. Node operators contribute compute through simple tooling. BTC holders get access to quantum-resistant protection. Builders are already creating wallets and explorers on top of the network. Each product introduces a different piece of the quantum stack, but the user never has to understand the underlying science. That is a much harder problem to solve than building the technology itself. The real opportunity for Quip may not be making quantum computing more powerful. It may be making quantum computing invisible. Nucleus

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Cointelegraph recently featured our CEO, David Carvalho David Carvalho’s journey, from hacking at 12 to advising Fortune 500 companies. In this article, David warns that AI could create a ripple effect, significantly advancing Bitcoin’s quantum threat He explained how AI can identify cryptographic weaknesses at scale, while quantum hardware provides the power to exploit them, bringing “Q-Day” way sooner than many predict. This would rather come as a “silent collapse”, where signatures are broken, funds quietly moved, and governance decisions quietly altered without leaving clear forensic traces. Agencies like NIST and the NSA are already sounding the alarm to migrate to post-quantum cryptography by 2030–2035. David flags that Bitcoin’s slow governance and complex migration process leave a narrowing window for action. A call for urgent upgrades is no longer an option. Naoris Protocol’s Sub-Zero Layer, can deploy quantum-resistant protections to EVM-compatible blockchains in 48 hours without hard forks.

Cointelegraph recently featured our CEO, David Carvalho David Carvalho’s journey, from hacking at 12 to advising Fortune 500 companies. In this article, David warns that AI could create a ripple effect, significantly advancing Bitcoin’s quantum threat He explained how AI can identify cryptographic weaknesses at scale, while quantum hardware provides the power to exploit them, bringing “Q-Day” way sooner than many predict. This would rather come as a “silent collapse”, where signatures are broken, funds quietly moved, and governance decisions quietly altered without leaving clear forensic traces. Agencies like NIST and the NSA are already sounding the alarm to migrate to post-quantum cryptography by 2030–2035. David flags that Bitcoin’s slow governance and complex migration process leave a narrowing window for action. A call for urgent upgrades is no longer an option. Naoris Protocol’s Sub-Zero Layer, can deploy quantum-resistant protections to EVM-compatible blockchains in 48 hours without hard forks.

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A preview Into the future of #quantum-GPU computing: At GTC Washington, D.C., we announced NVIDIA NVQLink, an open system architecture for tightly coupling the extreme performance of GPU computing with quantum processors to build accelerated quantum supercomputers. In the expo hall, accelerated quantum computing was a centerpiece of the NVIDIA booth. See our live blog:

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🚨BREAKING: INTERLINK TO DEVELOP QUANTUM-RESISTANT BLOCKCHAIN TECH According to a new post from KV, InterLink Labs 👤 + 🌐... "will build a dedicated research team of leading cryptography experts to study and develop quantum-resistant technology" The move is a response to the growing threat of quantum technology to $BTC and other crypto assets. The project hopes to incorporate quantum-resistant infrastructure into its upcoming mainnet, to help secure its $ITL and $ITLG tokens. "Our goal is to build one of the most quantum-secure digital assets in the world"

🚨BREAKING: INTERLINK TO DEVELOP QUANTUM-RESISTANT BLOCKCHAIN TECH According to a new post from KV, InterLink Labs 👤 + 🌐... "will build a dedicated research team of leading cryptography experts to study and develop quantum-resistant technology" The move is a response to the growing threat of quantum technology to $BTC and other crypto assets. The project hopes to incorporate quantum-resistant infrastructure into its upcoming mainnet, to help secure its $ITL and $ITLG tokens. "Our goal is to build one of the most quantum-secure digital assets in the world"

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Level up your quantum expertise. Enroll in our free Coursera course on quantum error correction from Google Quantum AI and become a contributor to the next era of computing. → →

Level up your quantum expertise. Enroll in our free Coursera course on quantum error correction from Google Quantum AI and become a contributor to the next era of computing. → →

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🚨A QUANTUM-SECURE CASH CHAIN IS COMING TO NEAR! Quantus is a proof-of-work chain built for private cash that can survive quantum computers. It uses post-quantum signatures, not the elliptic curves Bitcoin and Ethereum use today. Quantus says the NEAR Protocol integration is underway. Liquidity is set to start moving from Quantus to NEAR shortly. No launch time yet.

🚨A QUANTUM-SECURE CASH CHAIN IS COMING TO NEAR! Quantus is a proof-of-work chain built for private cash that can survive quantum computers. It uses post-quantum signatures, not the elliptic curves Bitcoin and Ethereum use today. Quantus says the NEAR Protocol integration is underway. Liquidity is set to start moving from Quantus to NEAR shortly. No launch time yet.

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🚨 BREAKING FIRST BTC ADDRESS JUST GOT CRACKED USING QUANTUM COMPUTING! A HACKER BROKE A 15-BIT ECC KEY USING PUBLICLY AVAILABLE QUANTUM HARDWARE. MEANWHILE, ~6.9 MILLION BTC ARE SITTING ON ADDRESSES WITH EXPOSED PUBLIC KEYS. IF 256-BIT ECC FALLS, THESE COULD BE THE FIRST TO GO. THIS IS EXTREMELY BAD FOR MARKETS!

🚨 BREAKING FIRST BTC ADDRESS JUST GOT CRACKED USING QUANTUM COMPUTING! A HACKER BROKE A 15-BIT ECC KEY USING PUBLICLY AVAILABLE QUANTUM HARDWARE. MEANWHILE, ~6.9 MILLION BTC ARE SITTING ON ADDRESSES WITH EXPOSED PUBLIC KEYS. IF 256-BIT ECC FALLS, THESE COULD BE THE FIRST TO GO. THIS IS EXTREMELY BAD FOR MARKETS!

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Ray Dalio, billionaire investor and founder of Bridgewater, still views Bitcoin as a form of hard money. But he warns quantum computing could threaten the security behind it. Digital value needs protection built for the quantum era.

Ray Dalio, billionaire investor and founder of Bridgewater, still views Bitcoin as a form of hard money. But he warns quantum computing could threaten the security behind it. Digital value needs protection built for the quantum era.

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🚨VITALIK SAYS AI COULD CRACK TODAY’S WALLETS SOONER! Ethereum researcher Justin Drake told people to plan for bunker mode. AI could crack today’s wallet signatures before quantum computers do. vitalik.eth backed the warning, but said do not scramble today. If it is easy, keep coins in unused addresses so the key stays hidden. He says Ethereum has already spent a year moving to hash-based signatures.

🚨VITALIK SAYS AI COULD CRACK TODAY’S WALLETS SOONER! Ethereum researcher Justin Drake told people to plan for bunker mode. AI could crack today’s wallet signatures before quantum computers do. vitalik.eth backed the warning, but said do not scramble today. If it is easy, keep coins in unused addresses so the key stays hidden. He says Ethereum has already spent a year moving to hash-based signatures.

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🚨EUROPOL CITES STARKWARE ON QUANTUM THREATS! Europol’s October report on quantum threats to crypto says account abstraction can reduce wallet exposure by enabling zero-knowledge proofs such as ZK-STARKs. The footnote points to StarkWare’s explainer. The report’s core message is to act now. StarkWare is targeting 2027 for Starknet’s full post-quantum transition and is considering an L1 path, though no migration has been approved yet.

🚨EUROPOL CITES STARKWARE ON QUANTUM THREATS! Europol’s October report on quantum threats to crypto says account abstraction can reduce wallet exposure by enabling zero-knowledge proofs such as ZK-STARKs. The footnote points to StarkWare’s explainer. The report’s core message is to act now. StarkWare is targeting 2027 for Starknet’s full post-quantum transition and is considering an L1 path, though no migration has been approved yet.

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