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AI Agents Just Slashed the Cost of a Quantum Attack on Bitcoin - Decrypt

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Researchers cut quantum attack cost on Bitcoin and Ethereum by over 50%

A crowdsourced challenge of over 100 researchers and AI agents reduced the quantum resource benchmark for a key operation in attacking Bitcoin and Ethereum by 86% in two months, requiring 1,151 logical qubits and 1.30 million T-gates.

Sep 9, 2026·6 sourcesQuantum computingEthereum securityCryptography & hashingBitcoin security & risksBlockchain quantum resistance
Researchers cut quantum attack cost on Bitcoin and Ethereum by over 50%
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