ME News reports that on September 9 (UTC+8), the U.S. Department of Commerce finalized grants of up to $100 million each to Rigetti, D-Wave, and Quantinuum under the CHIPS Act, acquiring minority stakes in all three companies to accelerate the development of large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computers. The Ethereum protocol team has set December 2029 as the deadline for achieving full quantum resistance across the execution layer, consensus layer, and data layer, preparing for the potential early arrival of quantum threats. While Bitcoin has no unified deadline, research around BIP-360 (quantum-resistant output types) and BIP-361 (phased migration signature scheme) has significantly accelerated this year, with industry consensus viewing 2029 as the critical window to establish a trusted migration path. Bitcoin’s migration is particularly challenging, as a large volume of Bitcoin public keys—including approximately 1 million BTC held by Satoshi Nakamoto—have already been exposed, and assets not migrated in time may face the risk of being locked. (Source: Foresight News)
U.S. Allocates $300 Million for Quantum Computing R&D; Bitcoin and Ethereum Accelerate Quantum Resistance Migration
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Ethereum news: The U.S. Department of Commerce has allocated $1 billion in CHIPS Act funding each to Rigetti, D-Wave, and Quantinuum, acquiring minority stakes to advance fault-tolerant quantum computing. Ethereum ecosystem news: The Ethereum protocol team has set December 2029 as the deadline for achieving full quantum resistance across the execution, consensus, and data layers. Bitcoin research on BIP-360 and BIP-361 is accelerating, with 2029 viewed as a critical window for migration. Over 1 million BTC held by Satoshi Nakamoto are already exposed, with risks of being frozen if not migrated.
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