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Sleeping beauty Bitcoin wallets wake up after 14 years to the tune of $2B

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190 points aorloff | 3 comments | 04 Jul 25 18:41 UTC | HN request time: 0.046s | source
1. HeartStrings ◴[05 Jul 25 05:26 UTC] No.44470269[source]▶
Chinese quantum computer just broke Bitcoin address.
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2. rlt ◴[05 Jul 25 05:35 UTC] No.44470308[source]▶
What makes you think that?
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3. udev4096 ◴[05 Jul 25 15:51 UTC] No.44473568[source]▶
They successfully broke 22 bit RSA [0], which is definitely something to worry about

[0] - https://www.earth.com/news/china-breaks-rsa-encryption-with-...