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DCinvestor
@dcinvestor
how prepared is Ethereum for the emergence of quantum computing today? feels like we are practically on the verge of an “any day now” moment where one or more nation states / corporations have a significant breakthrough also, what happens to Bitcoin?…
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Hackatao
@hackatao
Talking to some scientists who work with quantum computers, they argue that Blockchain might be at risk... but you can always switch to Blockchain on quantum computers to keep it difficult to decrypt. Stay ready.
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Bastien
@bastien
This is what I am counting on, once we have processors strong enough to break into current encryption protocols, we will also have stronger encryption protocols
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Hackatao
@hackatao
exactly!
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DCinvestor
@dcinvestor
the problem is you sort of need to be ahead of this curve, because the risk of a nation-state developing it and moving Satoshi's coins or wreaking other havoc is pretty high
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Hackatao
@hackatao
agree! Is @vitalik.eth thinking about it?
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DCinvestor
@dcinvestor
for sure he is and has been talking about it for years though i somewhat worry governments are actually further ahead on this than they're revealing publicly and could just rekt things when they are ready to send a message seems like a lot of progress has been made recently
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