Rapid does not mean magic. And “open” does not mean make-believe.

Technology is grounded in real engineering, not hype. Quantum computing is a cool concept, like cold fusion or Alcubierre warp drives. I’m hopeful for each of those, especially QC.

But until there’s a practical breakthrough it remains in the realm of fantasy, especially with respect to reversing hash algorithms and elliptic curve cryptography. Theoretical threats deserve theoretical countermeasures.

The framing that it’s advancing rapidly is just simply false, we’re short an actual breakthrough of scalable stable qubits. I don’t doubt such a breakthrough will happen, but I doubt very much the fiat-funded researchers and academics will be the ones to do it.