Bitcoin Developer Cracks Quantum Threat With Wallet Recovery Prototype

TLDR: Google research shows quantum computers could break Bitcoin’s cryptography in as little as nine minutes.  6.9 million Bitcoin in Taproot and P2PK wallets already have publicly exposed keys vulnerable to quantum attacks.  Osuntokun’s zk-STARK proof generates wallet authorization in 50 seconds on a standard MacBook using GPU acceleration.  The prototype lets Bitcoin owners reclaim [...]

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