Google's Quantum Paper Sets a 2029 Deadline for Crypto
1 Apr 2026 · 1:08:29
Alex Pruden, co-founder and CEO of Project Eleven, and Dolev Bluvstein, CEO of Oratomic, join Unchained to unpack two new quantum computing papers that reset the timeline for breaking Bitcoin and Ethereum's cryptography. They discuss Google's 2029 estimate for cracking elliptic curve encryption, Oratomic's finding that far fewer qubits than assumed may be needed, and what a quantum attack on unspent Bitcoin transactions could look like. The conversation covers post-quantum migration strategy and why Ethereum may face a larger attack surface than Bitcoin.