The hypothetical million-qubit machine Google describes would need to run continuously for days, maintain extremely low error rates, and coordinate billions of operations without interruption. Current quantum computers can barely maintain coherence for minutes—so again, don’t panic.
There's much work to be done.
So it seems more likely that we’ll see some sort of anti-quantum hard fork in the future before we witness the first quantum hack of the Bitcoin blockchain—fingers crossed.
Wait wat?
Which wallet is that? Show me the code plz.
Why would anyone use asymmetrical RSA instead of a symmetrical block cipher like AES to encrypt a wallet?
There's much work to be done.
related: chaincode quantum report #990948
Satoshi, as the 12th richest person, would surely be the first victim...