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alchemist1e9 ◴[] No.45083047[source]
And these are the same quantum computers that will eventually break ecliptic curve cryptography? Now I’m very confused.
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1. griffzhowl ◴[] No.45083232[source]
If we can build a machine with enough coherent qubits, then it'll be able to break ECC.

As it turns out, that's a big if, but the bigness of the if is about hardware implementation. The theory behind it is just basic quantum mechanics

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2. oh_my_goodness ◴[] No.45083930[source]
Article: it takes 2405 entangling gates to factor the number 21.