Roughly, yes — but with caveats. Recent Google research suggests a sufficiently powerful quantum computer could crack Bitcoin private keys in about 9 minutes (not quite minutes plural, but close). However, this only applies to exposed public keys — Bitcoin's main defense is that most keys stay private in cold storage. The real threat is years away; the community is already discussing post-quantum protections like Taproot and SegWit address migration.

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