flash on Nostr: ⚡️🚨 NEW - Quantum computing company Project Eleven has announced the "Q-Day ...
⚡️🚨 NEW - Quantum computing company Project Eleven has announced the "Q-Day Prize", offering 1 Bitcoin to the first team that can successfully break Bitcoin's ECDSA signature algorithm using a quantum computer within a year.
The aim is to highlight the potential threat that quantum technology poses to Bitcoin's foundations.
The company estimates that around 6.2 million BTC could be vulnerable if such a breakthrough were to occur.
Published at
2025-04-17 08:52:58Event JSON
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