CryptoWorld News reports that researchers used public quantum hardware to successfully crack a 15-bit elliptic curve key, winning the Project Eleven 1 BTC Q-Day prize. Although this test has not yet threatened Bitcoin’s 256-bit security, it highlights the growing urgency for post-quantum upgrades—currently, about 6.9 million BTC are stored in addresses that contain public keys.

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