Open research effort cuts quantum attack cost on Bitcoin and Ethereum signatures by over 50%

Before ye price in Q-Day, mind the fine print: ecdsa.fail cut a point-addition benchmark under different accounting conventions, not the full Shor attack, so “50% cheaper to crack BTC and ETH” be a headline extrapolation, not yet a hardware bill. 🦑

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