Giancarlo Lelli
Coverage of Giancarlo Lelli in the Nexus archive.
- Bitcoin quantum threat contest backfires: Google pros ask organizers to “save what credibility they have left” - fake quantum results involved, lol.
Project Eleven's Bitcoin quantum threat contest backfired after researchers criticized the winner's 'quantum' result as equivalent to classical guessing. Google's Craig Gidney and others accused the competition of damaging credibility, with Project Eleven's CEO admitting the contest was 'imperfect.'
- Project Eleven Awards 1 BTC Q-Day Prize for Largest Quantum Attack on Elliptic Curve Cryptography to Date
Project Eleven awarded 1 BTC to Giancarlo Lelli for breaking a 15-bit elliptic curve key using publicly accessible quantum hardware, marking a 512x improvement over previous efforts. The breakthrough demonstrates a quantum attack method that could threaten Bitcoin, Ethereum, and $2.5 trillion in ECC-secured digital assets.
- Researcher breaks 15-bit elliptic curve key in ‘largest quantum attack,’ wins 1 bitcoin bounty from Project Eleven
Independent researcher Giancarlo Lelli successfully derived a 15-bit elliptic curve key using a publicly accessible quantum computer, marking a significant achievement in quantum computing and cryptography. The breakthrough earned him a 1 bitcoin bounty from Project Eleven.