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StarkWare said the estimated computing cost for Bitcoin quantum-safe transactions, or QSB, has fallen 79% to about $66 from roughly $320, Cointelegraph reported.
QSB is an emergency-response technology designed to prepare for quantum computer attacks without changing the Bitcoin network’s consensus rules. In August, generating the first QSB mainnet transaction took about 3,100 GPU-hours and cost about $320 in computing expenses. Over the following week, 62 improvements were adopted through an optimization challenge, lowering the estimated cost to around $66.
StarkWare said the figure is based on benchmark testing and does not reflect costs used in actual transactions. The estimate also excludes Bitcoin network fees. Unlike a standard BTC transfer, QSB requires separate large-scale GPU computing to generate a quantum-resistant transaction. StarkWare added it believes stronger quantum resistance through a soft fork will be needed over the long term.