Google Demonstrates a Quantum Error Breakthrough; the Bitcoin-Breaking Threshold Stays Far Off

Google reported in Science a 40-fold cut in “magic state” errors on its Willow chip — the special resource states that can consume most of a quantum computer’s capacity. The gap to code-breaking stands: 54 qubits were used, against an estimated ~500,000 to break Bitcoin’s cryptography, and the error rate remains about a million times short. Decrypt’s own verdict: nobody is draining wallets with this.