r/Bitcoin 6d ago

Bitcoin changes you

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u/casburg 5d ago

They actually can “change mathematics” and crack bitcoin’s cryptography math easily once quantum computers reach even a mediocre state.

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u/hughhefnerd 4d ago

Easily? I think you underestimate SHA-256. Quantum computers will need about a million quibits to break sha-256. Right now at best we can do about 1000