Quantum Computing Research Firm to Offer 1 BTC Reward for Cracking Bitcoin Encryption Within a Year
Suehyeon Lee
Summary
- Quantum computing research firm Project Eleven has announced that it will offer 1 BTC to anyone who cracks Bitcoin encryption within a year.
- The event aims to practically measure the level of threat quantum computing poses to Bitcoin's core encryption technology.
- Participants are tasked with cracking Bitcoin's elliptic curve cryptography using quantum computing and Shor's algorithm.
A quantum computing research firm has announced that it will offer 1 BTC to anyone who cracks Bitcoin (BTC) encryption within a year.
According to The Block on the 16th (local time), the quantum computing research firm Project Eleven stated, "As the first 'Q-Day Prize' event, we will offer 1 BTC to anyone who cracks Bitcoin's elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) using a quantum computer and Shor's algorithm within a year."
Project Eleven explained that the purpose of this event is to practically measure the level of threat quantum computing poses to Bitcoin's core encryption technology.
Suehyeon Lee
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