2026-11-13 12:12:27
Google's Willow Cuts Quantum Errors 40-Fold, Exposing 6.9M Bitcoin to Future Cryptographic Risk
According to Google, in October 2026, Willow achieved a 40-fold reduction in magic-state errors and achieved 99.99% logical fidelity, advancing the pathway toward fault-tolerant quantum computing. The demonstration, published in Science, moved quantum states from distance-3 color code into distance-