Bitcoin Could Require Over 300 Days Of Downtime To Prepare It For The Quantum Era, Shows Study Amid Google 'Willow' Chip Concern
Bitcoin Could Require Over 300 Days Of Downtime To Prepare It For The Quantum Era, Shows Study Amid Google 'Willow' Chip Concern
In the scenario of 76 days of downtime, the update could cost around $912 million, the report estimated.Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) might need to undergo a costly and time-consuming update process to ward off the threat from quantum computing in the future, according to a Tuesday report that cited a study.
根據週二的一份報告，引用了一項研究，稱比特幣（加密貨幣：BTC）可能需要經歷一個昂貴且耗時的更新過程，以抵禦未來量子計算概念的威脅。
What Happened: The study, led by the University of Kent's School of Computing, estimated that a protocol update to protect Bitcoin from quantum computing threats would require taking the cryptocurrency offline for about 76 days provided 100% of the bandwidth is committed to the process, Forbes reported.
事件經過：由肯特大學計算機學院領導的研究估計，保護比特幣免受量子計算威脅的協議更新需要將數字貨幣離線大約76天，前提是100%的Bandwidth用於這個過程，《福布斯》報道。
However, if 25% of the bandwidth is allowed, which would allow users to continue mining and trading at a slower pace, the update would take nearly 305 days or 10 months.
然而，如果允許使用25%的Bandwidth，這將使用戶能夠以較慢的速度繼續挖礦和交易，更新將需要近305天或10個月。
In the scenario of 76 days of downtime, the update could cost around $912 million, the report estimated.
在76天停機的情況下，報告估計更新的成本約爲91200萬。
The more feasible 305-day downtime would lead to increased transaction fees and slower transaction confirmation times, leading to decreased market confidence.
更可行的305天停機將導致交易費用增加和交易確認時間延長，從而降低市場信心。
The study found that Bitcoin had no other option but to replace the currently used cryptographic algorithm with the so-called "post-quantum" technology, which is immune to quantum attacks, and not doing so would be "devastating."
研究發現，比特幣別無選擇，只能用所謂的「後量子」科技替換當前使用的加密算法，該技術對量子攻擊具有免疫力，而不這樣做將是「災難性的」。
Why It Matters: The increase in threat perception to Bitcoin's encryption comes in the wake of Google's new "Willow" quantum computing chip, which can perform computations in five minutes that would take supercomputers 10 septillion years to complete.
重要性：對比特幣加密威脅感知的增加，源於谷歌新的「Willow」量子計算芯片，該芯片能在五分鐘內完成超級計算機需要10億億年才能完成的計算。
However, some experts believe that the threat to Bitcoin's security is still a distant one. Himanshu Maradiya, the CEO of CIFDAQ, a blockchain ecosystem company, stated that the chip was "lightyears away" from breaking Bitcoin's security.
然而，一些專家認爲，對比特幣安全的威脅仍然是遙遠的。CIFDAQ的首席執行官Himanshu Maradiya表示，該芯片距離破解比特幣的安全性「還有很多年」。
Well-known technologist Jameson Lopp had said earlier that the inviolable properties of Bitcoin would eventually be violated.
知名科技專家詹莫森·洛普早些時候曾表示，比特幣的不可侵犯屬性最終會被侵犯。
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