Google Reports Quantum Error Reduction as Bitcoin Security Debate Continues
Edited by Steinar Vigdel Kolnes, Editor, Oslo
Google says a quantum computing technique cuts errors fortyfold, an advance that comes amid warnings about future risks to cryptocurrency cryptography.
Google has announced a quantum computing advance that it says reduces errors by a factor of 40. The technique could support efforts to build more practical, powerful quantum machines.
The development comes as researchers warn that future quantum computers could compromise the cryptographic systems used to secure bitcoin and other digital assets. Those concerns center on what more capable machines might eventually achieve.
The reported error reduction does not, by itself, establish that quantum computers can break Bitcoin’s security. The announcement described in the report offers no timeline for when such a capability might emerge.
Source: Bitcoin.com News
