World's First Quantum Blueprint Maps Bitcoin's Keys Cracked in 26 Days

IonQ's CEO Shares How Long It Will Take Quantum Computers To Hack Bitcoin's Encryption. And Argues It Will Happen Sooner Than Expected

IonQ's CEO just put a specific year on Q-Day, the moment quantum computers could shatter the encryption protecting Bitcoin wallets, and the timeline is far closer than most investors realize. The twist: he's also selling the only product he claims can stop it.

Computing 256-bit elliptic curve discrete logarithms in 26 days on...

Abstract page for arXiv paper 2609.05625: Computing 256-bit elliptic curve discrete logarithms in 26 days on a fault-tolerant trapped-ion quantum computer with 20,000 qubits

World's first quantum blueprint maps Bitcoin's keys cracked in 26 days

IonQ quantum computer research outlines a 19,397-qubit machine capable of solving Bitcoin's secp256k1 problem in 25.7 days.

Quantum Computer Could Break Bitcoin in 26 Days

IonQ says a fault-tolerant quantum computer could crack Bitcoin’s secp256k1 signatures in 26 days. Here’s what its blueprint means for security.

26 Days To Break Bitcoin? IonQ Publishes A Detailed Quantum Plan

IonQ detailed a plan, using the Walking Cat architecture, to break Bitcoin’s secp256k1 encryption with a 20,000-qubit computer in under 26 days.