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What Google's quantum computing breakthrough Willow means for the future of bitcoin and other cryptos
GOOGAlphabet(GOOG) CNBC·2024-12-22 17:23

Google's recent announcement of the arrival of Willow, a quantum chip that has reduced the error tendencies of some of its predecessors, is a milestone in the effort to bring quantum computing into the real world, and in the years ahead, it could change the way we think about the risk in cryptocurrencies.Willow's speed is almost incomprehensible — according to Google, it's able to perform a computation in under five minutes that would take one of today's fastest supercomputers 10 septillion years to solve. ...