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RE: Why quantum computers (could) mean the end of cryptocurrencies

in #science6 years ago

I always like reading about this but have yet to be convinced there is a credible threat in the near future. Many more things to worry about if this is remotely possible. This theoretical computing only cracks private keys in theory and the threat is way overblown at this point. I'm guessing we are a long way off before the threat is realized. I doubt it will work very well at first when put to practice and there will just be a hard fork upgrade. Much like some blockchains that don't even have their mainnets out yet, sounds interesting on paper.