A Company Shared a Breakthrough In Quantum Computing. Its Shares Are Climbing.

Shares of IonQ are jumping on Wednesday after the company shared a technological breakthrough in quantum computing.

IonQ noted in a statement that quantum error correction is "essential for building practical, fault-tolerant quantum computers because physical qubits are inherently sensitive to environmental noise."

"That creates a processing bottleneck that forces the quantum computer to pause and wait.

Public keys are often revealed once a wallet is used in a transaction.

Bitcoin is seen as especially exposed because its 17-year transaction history has left many public keys visible on-chain.