Google has issued a white paper urging the Bitcoin community to take urgent action to upgrade blockchain security as advances in quantum technology increase the risk of fraud.
Woo responded to an X post by English YouTuber Josh Otten about the potential of a functional quantum computer using Shor’s algorithm to break the encryption protecting Bitcoin’s oldest wallets.
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