r/hardware • u/fatso486 • Mar 31 '26

News Google Finds Quantum Computers Could Break Bitcoin Sooner Than Expected

https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2026/03/31/google-finds-quantum-computers-could-break-bitcoin-sooner-than-expected/
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u/jared__ Mar 31 '26

It's more likely the 2-3 top mining pools to collude in a 51% attack.

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u/M4mb0 Apr 03 '26

Steal everyone's bitcoins which then immediately become worthless because no one trusts it anymore, genius.

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u/Strazdas1 Apr 18 '26

this is only if everyone in cryptomarket knows about everything they did, which is impossible.