The Quantum Threat to Bitcoin: How Your Cryptocurrency Could be Stolen in Under 10 Minutes
This series has been explaining the principles of quantum computing and its potential impact on bitcoin. The first part delved into the physics behind quantum computing, while this piece focuses on the target: how bitcoin's encryption works, why a quantum algorithm can break it, and the implications of Google's recent paper. To understand the threat, it's essential to grasp how bitcoin's security…
April 18, 2026, 3:51 a.m.