IonQ Estimates 20,000-Qubit Machine Could Break Bitcoin’s secp256k1 in 26 Days
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IonQ publishing an end-to-end resource estimate that a 20,000-qubit machine could break Bitcoin’s secp256k1 in 26 days is a shot across the bow for anyone relying on long-lived public-key crypto. Even if timelines are uncertain, boards and CISOs should treat this as justification to accelerate post-quantum migration planning for assets with multi-decade sensitivity.
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