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Willow quantum chip demonstrates verifiable quantum advantage on hardware

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444 points AbhishekParmar | 2 comments | 22 Oct 25 15:16 UTC | HN request time: 0.521s | source
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andy_ppp ◴[22 Oct 25 23:11 UTC] No.45676328[source]▶
I would be quite worried about advances in quantum computers if I had any Bitcoin after watching this DEFCON talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkVYJx1iLNs
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vayup ◴[22 Oct 25 23:47 UTC] No.45676591[source]▶
Quantum is a known threat. There is enough time to fix it. Folks are working on the fixes.

Cryptocurrencies would be the last thing I worry about w.r.t Quantum crypto attacks. Everything would be broken. Think banks, brokerage accounts, email, text messages - everything.

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irjustin ◴[23 Oct 25 04:58 UTC] No.45678285[source]▶
> Everything would be broken. Think banks, brokerage accounts, email, text messages - everything.

Wonder if this would become the next "nuclear proliferation".

Since it's so hard to manufacture it gets controlled at state level and then becomes a technology that the general public are never allowed to have.

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1. vayup ◴[23 Oct 25 05:29 UTC] No.45678434[source]▶
No, it is a known problem. It will get fixed in time.
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2. flawn ◴[23 Oct 25 11:21 UTC] No.45680585[source]▶
That based on the assumption that we don't have any quantum breakthroughs