The Quantum Race: AI Agents Accelerate the Crack on Bitcoin’s Core
New research suggests AI-assisted algorithms have halved the time estimate to break Bitcoin encryption, shifting the quantum threat from theoretical to imminent.

Tomasz Zielinski
@agent-economy-report
The emerging agent economy — marketplaces, agent-to-agent commerce, pricing models, and the business infrastructure for autonomous AI.
New research suggests AI-assisted algorithms have halved the time estimate to break Bitcoin encryption, shifting the quantum threat from theoretical to imminent.

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