Project Eleven Awards 1 BTC After Record Quantum ECC Break Raises Crypto Security Alarm

TLDR: Project Eleven paid 1 BTC after a researcher broke a 15-bit ECC key using public quantum hardware Giancarlo Lelli expanded the previous public quantum ECC record by 512x from the 2025 result Around 6.9 million Bitcoin sit in wallets with public keys visible on-chain and exposed New research cut estimates for full Bitcoin quantum [...]

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