[Bitcoin Quantum Mining Research Report: 'Astronomical' Actual Costs, Real Risk Lies in Signature Vulnerabilities] Odaily Planet Daily News – BTQ Technologies has released a research paper titled *Kardashev Scale Quantum Computing for Bitcoin Mining*, providing the first quantitative assessment of the full physical costs of using quantum computing for Bitcoin mining. The study highlights that the market has long confused two types of quantum threats: one being attacks on Bitcoin's elliptic curve digital signatures (real and urgent), and the other being quantum mining accelerated by Grover's algorithm (theoretically possible but with extremely high actual costs). The paper argues that to have a substantial impact on consensus, it would require the construction of a quantum computing cluster with energy consumption far exceeding the current level of human civilization. The study also introduces an open-source resource estimation model, covering critical aspects such as reversible double SHA-256 computation, fault-tolerant quantum error correction, and large-scale quantum bit scheduling. The conclusion emphasizes that the more immediate risk Bitcoin faces stems from cryptographic signature vulnerabilities rather than quantum mining capabilities. (PRNewswire)