AI-Assisted Developers Cut Quantum-Safe Bitcoin Cost Estimate to $66 in StarkWare Contest
The challenge produced 62 accepted improvements and cut the estimated computing cost by about 79%, StarkWare said.
- StarkWare reported that a weeklong optimization challenge cut the estimated GPU cost of preparing an experimental Quantum-Safe Bitcoin transaction to $66, down from approximately $320 in August.
- Participants in the Quantum-Safe Bitcoin Optimization Challenge, many using AI-assisted tools, contributed 62 accepted improvements to enhance the design against potential quantum attacks.
- Benchmarks show the leading submission checks about 881 million candidates per second, compared to roughly 146 million previously, though StarkWare notes these remain estimates from test computations.
- Described as a "last-resort measure," the QSB method remains complex and expensive, currently protecting only specific holdings rather than the entire Bitcoin network.
- Functioning within existing Bitcoin rules, the QSB design avoids requiring a network upgrade, building on the first transaction successfully confirmed in August via MARA's Slipstream service.
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A week of AI coding cut a quantum-safe bitcoin transaction estimate from $320 to $66
StarkWare, which conducted the research, says contest participants using AI tools made the computation about five times faster, though the $66 figure has not yet been demonstrated in another transaction mined on Bitcoin.
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The New York LedgerQuantum-Safe Bitcoin Compute Cost Falls 79% to Under $67
StarkWare says an optimization challenge it launched earlier this month has already cut the cost of preparing a quantum-safe Bitcoin transaction by 79% in benchmark testing.
News highlights: StarkWare reduced the estimated computing cost of a quantum-resistant Bitcoin transaction from $320 to approximately $67 in a week by an optimization challenge. Transaction pinning exceeded 820 million verified candidates per second, while subset selection exceeded 623 million, reducing the hours of GPU needed to build the transaction. QSB remains an emergency option and not a complete quantum solution for Bitcoin, as transactio…
A competition with $20,000 prize money needed 62 improvements in a week. Why the breakthrough Bitcoin does not save. Source: BTC-ECHO BTC-ECHO
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