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Stealing Satoshi’s Bitcoin Becomes a Quantum Computing Threat

Google research paper stirs up concern
A statue of depicting Satoshi Nakamoto, a presumed pseudonym used by the inventor of Bitcoin, in El Zonte, El Salvador.Photographer: Camilo Freedman/Bloomberg
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Olga Kharif writes on how advances in quantum computing are raising new questions about some old issues in the crypto world.

The supposed threat of quantum computing is adding a fresh level of intrigue to the longest and most speculated-about mystery in the crypto world: The fate of the billions of dollars of Bitcoin belonging to Satoshi Nakamoto.