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Google quantum paper reduces qubits needed to break Bitcoin encryption

March 31, 2026Max the VC, Andrew Côté, Rohan Paul

Multiple viral posts claim Google showed Bitcoin ECC could be cracked with far fewer qubits, framing it as a race against time for crypto to migrate to quantum safe cryptography by 2029.

We’ve cut the quantum resources needed to break Bitcoin’s encryption by 20x.
You have until 2029 to figure out a
Google published a paper showing it can be done with 500,000 qubits in 20 minutes.
Google proves the math for cracking Bitcoin's encryption in 9 minutes now exists — the only missing piece is the hardware.
It's happening. Google just gave crypto a 2029 deadline.
Max the VC
Andrew Côté
Rohan Paul
Min Choi
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Andrew Curran
Ben Goertzel
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