I don't know about conspiracies but quantom computing is not something kept secretly by governments or big companies. Several big companies are working on it which already means knowledge is not centralized. Science is published, this is no WW situation atm. AFAIK this technology is not yet worked out enough to be commercialized but I'm quite convinced it will become available to the industry and later consumers.
Quantum technology (simulated though) is already made available to the public :https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/03/06/ibm_has_cloud_access_to_quantum_computer_400_times_smaller_than_dwave_system/
Microsoft just recently made available its language to program them:
https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/256423-microsoft-set-release-quantum-computing-programming-language
There's also a thing call post-quantum-cryptography
Also note that the moment security breaches like this occur they will most probably not focus on some 'cheap' blockchain. Think banks, financial markets, warfare, mail, cars, ... There's more to do than steal our nuts. Do you think the government is safe for it? Russians tried/succeeded in manipulating the US elections without quantum computers.
It's the same with AI. The future scares us, society needs to be careful but not afraid. We can as well embrace the future and make the best out of these advancements.
Agreed! It helps to have humility for me when I get so excited about things like Steem to realize that there are ways for everything to be undone and end also!
I highly disagree, the knowledge is VERY centralized. Have you done much research on the pioneering company behind Quantum Computers -- DWAVE? You should listen to the founder and CEO talk as if he's bowing down to some godlike monolith when he speaks about it. When you understand the actual true concepts of what they are doing, it's very disturbing.
Please watch THIS VIDEO
"We can build machines now that can EXPLOIT those other worlds." @ 5:02 in the video -- talking about being able to pull resources out and use parallel universes for the benefit of our world. Disturbing.
There are many theories and it's tough to even scratch the surface without a full suit of tinfoil, but I'm ready to dive down the rabbit hole if you all are as well!
You are speaking about 'the' pioneering company. By saying that you are neglecting two facts. First you are talking about public companies in the western world. China and Russia are also doing research. Second IBM has a different approach and will have commercial models available soon as well.
A bit unrelated. Quantum computing is just one appliance of the technology. There are others. For example quantum stealth.