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Morning Edition · Thursday, September 24, 2026Published at 1:46 AM EDT · New York
StarkWare Says a Week of AI-Assisted Coding Cut a Quantum-Safe Bitcoin Transaction Estimate to $66 From $320
A contest run with Yukon Research and Eigen Labs accepted 62 improvements, though the cheaper code has not yet produced another transaction mined on Bitcoin.
StarkWare says participants in a one-week contest made the computation behind a quantum-resistant Bitcoin transaction roughly five times faster, cutting the estimated cost of building one to about $66 from $320, according to CoinDesk. The c…
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