{"id":78837,"date":"2026-04-02T16:46:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T16:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=78837"},"modified":"2026-04-02T16:46:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T16:46:46","slug":"6-7-million-bitcoin-face-a-9-minute-quantum-threat-and-nobodys-watching-crypto-exec-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=78837","title":{"rendered":"6.7 Million Bitcoin Face A 9-Minute Quantum Threat And Nobody&#8217;s Watching, Crypto Exec Warns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>According to <strong>Alex Pruden<\/strong>, CEO of Project 11, the cryptocurrency industry is dangerously unprepared for quantum computing as a threat.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview on the Wolf of All Streets <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=viTx525RbRY\">podcast<\/a> Wednesday, Pruden broke down the exact mechanics of how a quantum computer could unravel <strong>Bitcoin<\/strong>\u2018s <a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"BTC\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BTC-USD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>) foundational cryptography, putting approximately 6.7 million BTC at risk of theft.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Google Breakthrough: Moving The Goalposts<\/h3>\n<p>The catalyst for the current panic is a research paper published by Google, which outlines how attackers could crack Bitcoin\u2019s private keys much faster \u2014 and with significantly fewer resources \u2014 than previously believed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis paper is really about lowering the bar or moving the goalposts closer,\u201d Pruden explained. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you look at the cryptographers for Bitcoin and specifically look at our architecture and do a bunch of tricks, you can lower that bar way down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Google paper suggests that an optimized quantum computer could crack a private key in roughly 9 minutes \u2014 slightly faster than Bitcoin\u2019s average 10-minute block time. <\/p>\n<p>This means &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/04\/51631672\/6-7-million-bitcoin-face-a-9-minute-quantum-threat-and-nobodys-watching-crypto-exec-warns?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"6.7\" million bitcoin face a quantum threat and nobody watching crypto exec warns>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Alex Pruden, CEO of Project 11, the cryptocurrency industry is dangerously unprepared for quantum computing as a threat. In an interview on the Wolf of All Streets podcast Wednesday, Pruden broke down the exact mechanics of how a quantum computer could unravel Bitcoin\u2018s (CRYPTO: BTC) foundational cryptography, putting approximately 6.7 million BTC at [&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-78837","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\/78837","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=78837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78837\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=78837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=78837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=78837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}