Elon Musk sharply comments on Google's quantum paper: Maybe we can recover forgotten wallet passwords in the future

According to 1M AI News monitoring, after Elon Musk reposted a discussion about Google's post-quantum security white paper on X, he jokingly remarked: "On the bright side, if you forget your wallet password, maybe you’ll be able to recover it in the future."

This joke refers to a white paper released today by Google’s quantum AI team. Google stated that in the future, the number of physical quantum bits required to break the 256-bit elliptic curve encryption protecting Bitcoin and other systems may drop below 500,000, which is about 20 times lower than previous estimates. Google also noted that the team used zero-knowledge proofs to publicly share the conclusion without revealing the attack path, and will continue advancing post-quantum cryptographic migration according to its 2029 timeline.