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Engineer Steve Tippeconnic has cracked a six-bit cryptographic key on ECC using IBM\u2019s quantum computer.\u00a0<\/p>\n
https:\/\/t.co\/mGgItaybRE<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Steve Tippeconnic (@stevetipp) September 2, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n In the experiment, the specialist used IBM Torino\u2019s 133-qubit processor to attack the simplified key. The algorithm executed a 340,000-layer quantum circuit and successfully computed the private key from the public equation.<\/p>\n In June, Chinese scientists from Shanghai University cracked<\/a> 22-bit encryption of RSA.<\/p>\n What Does This Mean for Bitcoin and Ethereum?\u00a0<\/p>\n According to experts, the latest advancement in quantum computing does not threaten the security of the largest blockchains. Bitcoin and Ethereum use a more robust algorithm \u2014 ECC-256. Cracking it with current technology remains impossible.\u00a0<\/p>\n Progress: This demo shows IBM\u2019s 133-qubit quantum computer cracking a tiny 6-bit elliptic curve key (like those in Bitcoin) using Shoe\u2019s algorithm variant. Real crypto uses 256-bit keys.https:\/\/t.co\/lhFhmUfIPN<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 JaguarAnalytics (@JaguarAnalytics) September 3, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Scientist and founder of Pauli Group, Pierre-Luc Dallaire Demers, noted that the next step will be experiments with error correction. This will enable the creation of \u201cdeep circuits with full reversible modular arithmetic subroutines.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n If he keeps going like that, @stevetipp<\/a> will just end up breaking ECC-256 at some point. \u2014 Pierre-Luc (@dallairedemers) September 3, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cIf [Tippeconnic] continues in this vein, he will eventually reach ECC-256,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n Some have pointed out that cracking a six-bit cryptographic key cannot be considered an achievement.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWhen you see hype about quantum computers, do as I do \u2014 just ignore it. A six-bit elliptic curve key is only 64 possible combinations. I can \u2018crack\u2019 it with pen and paper in a couple of hours. It\u2019s not even worth posting about, but this is X \u2014 and it will spread like wildfire,\u201d wrote<\/a> user Adrian Morris.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Next step would be experiments with error correction to start building up very deep circuits with the full reversible modular arithmetic subroutines. https:\/\/t.co\/WjkAO4mmSo<\/a><\/p>\n