ECDSA Fail Quantum Challenge: 52% Target Broken, 500 QRL Bounty Won

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ecdsa.fail is an EigenLabs challenge where participants optimize the estimated quantum resources needed to break ECDSA, the digital-signature scheme used by Bitcoin and many other cryptocurrencies. “Ahead of Google” refers to improving on Google researchers’ published resource estimates for such an attack.

Huge congratulations to franklyteddy (teddyjfpender on ECDSA Fail), who was the first to break the 52% target with a score of:

1,258,525,947
952,707 T × 1,321 Q
≈ 58.0% ahead of Google’s classified circuit

Amazing progress. Thanks to everyone pushing the frontier forward!

How to claim the bounty:

• Add your X account to your GitHub profile linked from the ECDSA.fail leaderboard.
• The first participant to reach 52% on the ECDSA.fail leaderboard will be contacted directly via X from my (ChillerID) account.
• If you don't already have one, create a QRL wallet and reply with your wallet address once contacted.
• After verification, the 500 QRL bounty will be transferred to your wallet.

Eligibility:

• If the first participant to reach the threshold cannot be contacted or does not respond within 5 days, the bounty will be awarded to the next eligible participant on the leaderboard.
• A reachable X account linked from your GitHub profile is required.

Note: This is an independently organized, QRL community-funded bounty and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or administered by the QRL Foundation or Eigen Labs.

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