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Shor's integer factorization algorithm needs a single number or key to factor, not hundreds of transactions. I've certainly sent money to old addresses, which exist in perpetuity on the blockchain. I can also use web searches to find hundreds of current public keys in a matter of minutes.

> currently Shor's algorithm is unfeasible with only 1 signed message.

The algorithm is currently unfeasible with 100s of messages. Shor's algorithm uses a quantum computer to reduce the complexity of integer factorization from sub-exponential to polynomial-time. It is not an attack that fine-tunes the output according to the amount of network traffic.




Try actually reading it's aplication to eliptix curve cryptography. No really. Come back when all the bitcoin are belong to you.




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