Quantum Threat Escalates: Google Research Claims Bitcoin Can Be Cracked in 9 Minutes

Odaily News According to the latest research from Google's Quantum AI team, by optimizing Shor's Algorithm, under conditions of approximately 500,000 physical qubits, Bitcoin private key derivation can be completed within about 9 minutes. This time is already close to the block generation cycle, indicating a realistic attack window.

The research also points out that approximately 6.9 million BTC are at potential risk due to exposed public keys, as quantum attacks are transitioning from theory to the engineering stage.

It is reported that ByteVault, a post-quantum hardware wallet under the US-based ChainXGlobal, has been officially released and is available for global sales. It has also been integrated into the ChainX Vault application, providing quantum-secure asset management solutions.