{
  "id": 15099781,
  "title": "Satoshi-era bitcoin faces a bigger quantum threat after Google’s new Willow breakthrough",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/satoshi-era-bitcoin-faces-a-bigger-quantum-threat-after-googles-new",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-17T02:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CoinDesk",
    "slug": "coindesk",
    "url": "https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2026/10/16/satoshi-era-bitcoin-faces-a-bigger-quantum-threat-after-google-s-new-willow-breakthrough"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Google says its Willow chip can prepare the special quantum states needed for advanced calculations with about 40 times fewer errors, reducing one of the hardware bottlenecks behind any future attempt to crack bitcoin wallets.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}