I just heard a talk that speculates that quantum computing may be viable to start breaking modern encryption as soon as 2028.
Monero is working on becoming More Quantum-Resistant while Top Voices in Bitcoin are saying Don't worry about Quantum, worry about ASCII Pictures.
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Meanwhile notable privacy softwares like Signal, SimpleX, Proton, and Mullvad are all taking Quantum as a serious threat, and working on future proofing their protocols.
Quantum Computing could be capable of breaking early Bitcoin wallet types soon, and move those Bitcoin, while it doesn't pose a threat yet to modern standards currently, it's just a matter of time before modern standards are also broken.







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Signal
https://signal.org/blog/pqxdh/
SimpleX
Proton
https://proton.me/blog/post-quantum-encryption
Mullvad
https://mullvad.net/en/blog/stable-quantum-resistant-tunnels-in-the-app
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