Tion：最近，項目11（一個量子計算研究小組）宣布了1個比特幣獎勵，以完成挑戰

十一（一個量子計算研究小組）為一線隊宣布了1個比特幣的獎勵

Recently, Project Eleven announced a 1 bitcoin reward for the first team able to complete a challenge to demonstrate breaking a ECC (elliptic curve cryptograph) key using Shor’s algorithm on a quantum computer.

最近，Project 11宣布了1個比特幣的獎勵，該團隊能夠完成挑戰，以證明使用Shor的算法在Quantum計算機上展示ECC（橢圓曲線密碼）密鑰。

The challenge, and the bounty for completing it, were announced in April 2025 and the deadline for completing the challenge is April 5th, 2026, meaning in order to qualify for the prize a team must demonstrate breaking a key pair it must be done before that deadline.

挑戰和完成它的賞金在2025年4月宣布，完成挑戰的截止日期是2026年4月5日，這意味著為了獲得獎品的資格，一支團隊必須證明一對要違反一對關鍵對，必須在該截止日期之前完成。

This is frankly a completely absurd and meaningless prize for a number of reasons, the first of which is the deadline of just under a year from today. Even highly optimistic projections about the progress of quantum computing put the timeline of practically achieving such a goal at more like 5-10 years. Expecting a workable proof of concept demonstration that actually breaks a keypair in a single year is pretty laughable at face value, even if you do view quantum computing as a material threat in the short term.

坦率地說，這是一個完全荒謬而毫無意義的獎品，原因有很多，第一個是從今天起不到一年的截止日期。即使是關於量子計算進步的高度樂觀的預測，實際上在5 - 10年的時間內實現了這樣一個目標的時間表。即使您確實在短期內將量子計算視為物質威脅，也可以期待可行的概念證明證明實際上會在一年中打破按鍵的概念。

Next is the factor of economic incentives. A single bitcoin is currently worth approximately $80,000. That is frankly not a lot of money in the grand scheme of things. Especially when it comes to the application of a cutting edge technology like quantum computing that can perform an entire class of computation exponentially faster than a classical computer. Imagine how much more valuable things could be done with a working quantum computer.

接下來是經濟激勵措施的因素。一個比特幣目前價值約80,000美元。坦率地說，這在宏偉的計劃中並不多。尤其是當涉及到尖端技術（例如量子計算）時，該技術可以比經典計算機更快地執行整個計算類別。想像一下，有效的量子計算機可以做多少有價值的事情。

You could eavesdrop on internet connections regardless of TLS, breaking secure connections to banks, equity brokerages, private corporate networks not using post-quantum cryptography. You could break every private messenger application on the planet, you could decrypt any PGP encrypted message sent over email that you knew the public key for. You could break the entire DNS system’s certificate authority hierarchy, allowing you to impersonate any server in the world a user tries to connect to.

無論TLS如何，您都可以在Internet連接上竊聽，從而打破了與銀行，股票經紀人，私人公司網絡不使用後Quantum Cryptography的安全連接。您可以打破地球上的每個私人Messenger應用程序，可以解密您知道公共密鑰的電子郵件發送的任何PGP加密消息。您可以打破整個DNS系統的證書授權層次結構，使您可以模仿用戶嘗試連接到世界上的任何服務器。

All of these things have immeasurable value beyond just a mere $84,000. Why on Earth would someone with a working quantum computer publicly reveal that fact to claim a single bitcoin when they could take advantage of all these other things they would be capable of doing?

所有這些東西都具有不可估量的價值，而不僅僅是84,000美元。為什麼在地球上有人可以公開揭示這一事實要求單一比特幣，而他們可以利用所有其他這些事情可以做的事情？

Okay, let’s sweep all of those possibilities aside and pretend the entire world magically migrates to post-quantum cryptography aside from Bitcoin. It still makes no sense to try to publicly claim this prize if you have a functional quantum computer.

好吧，讓我們掃除所有這些可能性，並假裝全世界神奇地遷移到量子後加密術，除了比特幣外。如果您擁有功能性量子計算機，嘗試公開聲稱此獎品仍然沒有意義。

Let’s assume you have a barely performant enough quantum computer, that it takes a decent amount of time to crack a single key. How many bare public keys are there securing 50 BTC outputs from the first mining epoch? THOUSANDS of them. Why on Earth would you crack one, and then go tell everyone publicly to claim a single bitcoin? You would just try to crack as many of those early coinbase rewards as possible before people detected you.

假設您幾乎沒有足夠的量子計算機，那麼破裂單鍵需要大量時間。有多少個裸露的公共鑰匙可以從第一個採礦時期獲得50個BTC輸出？他們中的成千上萬。您為什麼要在地球上破解一個，然後去公開告訴所有人要求一個比特幣？您只會嘗試在人們發現您之前盡可能多地破解那些早期的Coinbase獎勵。

Finally, the timetable on its own is just absurd. Quantum computers currently are not even capable of factoring prime numbers that people can do themselves in their heads mentally. In a single year the technology is going to jump from that to cracking Bitcoin keys? That’s absurd.

最後，時間表本身只是荒謬的。量子計算機目前甚至沒有能力考慮人們可以在精神上做自己的質量數字。在一年中，該技術將從該技術跳到破裂的比特幣鑰匙？那太荒謬了。

So what the hell is the point of this prize except some publicity stunt? It’s utterly meaningless as a serious bounty to function as a canary in the coalmine for us, no matter how concerned or unconcerned you are with the timeframes of quantum computers as a threat.

那麼，除了一些宣傳特技外，該獎項的重點是什麼呢？對於我們來說，作為煤礦中的金絲雀，無論您多麼關心或不關心量子計算機的時間範圍，這是一種嚴肅的賞金，這是一個非常有意義的賞金。

This bounty is a joke.

這個賞金是個玩笑。