The article’s thesis is that a small modification to quantum theory would cap how powerful quantum computers can ever become, which would drastically reduce their ability to break modern encryption - if the idea holds up experimentally.
Implications for Bitcoin:
If Palmer is correct and quantum advantage effectively dies above ~1,000 usable qubits, the same ceiling that protects RSA‑style schemes would also likely block large-scale Shor attacks on Bitcoin’s ECDSA keys, because they rely on similar exponential-state scaling in Hilbert space.
Damn, this author is on fire. This is another recent paper by him: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.16382
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Let's revisit these works in a few years and what will have come of it.
He says his RaQM theory should be testable within 5 years.
@remindme in 5 years.
Dude literally solved the deepest mystery of all. I am impressed!
cool