If you're nervous about quantum computing being imminent, just read this paper. It was published a decade ago and it still holds up. Really, they have no idea how to do most of what's required to make a quantum computer still, and even if they did, there's no real way to QA a quantum computer. Like most academic disciplines these days, it's fiat through and through.

https://arxiv.org/pdf/1401.3629

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Want to break the Qbits that are trying to crack your wallet? Just look at them.

Thanks for sharing, good paper

That repository is awesome.

Quantum threat to Bitcoin is Y2K headlines all over again. Remember that 1999 year end chicken little headline frenzy that culminated into a nothingburger? Same pattern here.