Google Announces Breakthrough in Quantum Computing, Potentially Intensifying Quantum Threat to Cryptocurrency

BlockBeats news, October 16 - Google announced a breakthrough in the field of quantum computing, stating that its Willow chip has overcome a key resource bottleneck.

Google said that a technique called "magic state cultivation" is now running on the Willow chip, reducing errors by about 40 times and achieving a record-level accuracy of 99.99%. The research was published in the journal Science, but Google said it still needs to prove that the technology is effective at scale.