{"id":77944,"date":"2026-03-26T20:31:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T20:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=77944"},"modified":"2026-03-26T20:31:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T20:31:36","slug":"google-moves-up-quantum-encryption-deadline-to-2029-what-does-it-mean-for-bitcoin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=77944","title":{"rendered":"Google Moves Up Quantum Encryption Deadline To 2029: What Does It Mean For Bitcoin?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Alphabet Inc.<\/strong> <a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"GOOGL\" data-exchange=\"NASDAQ\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/GOOGL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(NASDAQ:<\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/GOOGL\">GOOGL<\/a>) on Tuesday set a 2029 deadline for migrating its entire infrastructure to post-quantum cryptography, warning that quantum frontiers \u201cmay be closer than they appear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The target is more aggressive than the U.S. federal government\u2019s 2035 mandate and the NSA\u2019s 2031 deadline, and it may carry serious implications for <strong>Bitcoin<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BTC-USD\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"BTC\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Google\u2019s VP of Security Engineering <strong>Heather Adkins<\/strong> and Senior Staff Cryptography Engineer <strong>Sophie Schmieg<\/strong> cited faster-than-expected progress in quantum hardware, error correction, and factoring resource <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/innovation-and-ai\/technology\/safety-security\/cryptography-migration-timeline\/\">estimates<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Two Threats, One Deadline<\/h2>\n<p>Google flagged two distinct risks. <\/p>\n<p>The first is already happening: \u201cstore-now-decrypt-later\u201d attacks, where adversaries harvest encrypted data today to crack it once quantum capability arrives.<\/p>\n<p>The second targets digital signatures, the cryptographic proof underpinning online authentication and every blockchain transaction. <\/p>\n<p>Google said it has adjusted its internal threat model to &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/03\/51495983\/google-moves-up-quantum-encryption-deadline-to-2029-what-does-it-mean-for-bitcoin?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Google\" moves up quantum encryption deadline to what does it mean for bitcoin>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) on Tuesday set a 2029 deadline for migrating its entire infrastructure to post-quantum cryptography, warning that quantum frontiers \u201cmay be closer than they appear.\u201d The target is more aggressive than the U.S. federal government\u2019s 2035 mandate and the NSA\u2019s 2031 deadline, and it may carry serious implications for Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC). Google\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-77944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=77944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77944\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}