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US launches $6B science initiative with quantum computing contest

  • —The DOE's Quantum Genesis Q contest offers up to $215 million for fault-tolerant quantum computers
  • —Only $2.5 million is allocated for fiscal 2026; the rest needs congressional approval
  • —Nvidia pledged $1 billion, AMD $500 million, OpenAI $200 million, Anthropic and Google $150 million each
  • —Applications close October 19; in September EU regulators warned of quantum risks to blockchain
Why it matters: Advances in quantum computing could eventually weaken the cryptography securing Bitcoin and other blockchains, though no such threat exists today.
Source: TokenPost
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