Hacker Papers

1. 01
   

   How to factor 2048 bit RSA integers with less than a million noisy qubits

   Craig Gidney · 2025

   Hacker News threads

   • May 2025How to factor 2048 bit RSA integers with less than a million noisy qubits
   • May 2025Google Researcher Lowers Quantum Bar to Crack RSA Encryption
   • May 2025It Might Be 20 Times Easier for Quantum Computers to Break Bitcoin, Google Says
   • Aug 2025Why haven't quantum computers factored 21 yet?
   • Aug 2025Why haven't quantum computers factored 21 yet?
   • Oct 2025Willow quantum chip demonstrates verifiable quantum advantage on hardware
   • Oct 2025Keeping the Internet fast and secure: introducing Merkle Tree Certificates
   • Nov 2025Shor's algorithm: the one quantum algo that ends RSA/ECC tomorrow
   • Jul 2026France's Anssi Will Block PQC-Free Products from Certification Starting 2027

   arXiv ↗
2. 02
   

   Scalable Chrysopoeia via $(n, 2n)$ Reactions Driven by Deuterium-Tritium Fusion Neutrons

   Adam Rutkowski et al. · 2025

   Hacker News threads

   • Jul 2025Scalable Chrysopoeia via (N,2n) Reactions Driven by Deuterium-Tritium Fusion
   • Aug 2025An Unusual Way to End Up with a Whole Lot of Gold
   • Sep 2025Marathon Fusion claims it can turn mercury into gold while creating clean energy
   • Feb 2026Cells Use 'Bioelectricity' to Coordinate and Make Group Decisions

   arXiv ↗

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