Honestly it doesn't feel like quantum computing is ever going to be an actual factor in the real world, just like nuclear fusion, anti-matter, asteroid mining, or flying cars. All those things have been "near-future technologies" for decades, meanwhile the number of nuclear fission plants is decreasing, well-established technologies like trains and planes are stagnating and everything is slowly coming to a halt like some Randian nightmare.
I've been rolling my eyes at the quantum computer threat to Bitcoin for years now, but based on this recent podcast from nostr:nprofile1qqsg2zqd8wkhpnxu6lm5c2dyfa2mhpwte57apjae2ldp6g2mmwf3ypqpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7qgcwaehxw309ahx7um5wghxvmt59emkj73wvf5h5tcpr9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuumwdae8gtnnda3kjctv9urj9dyf it sounds like timeframe is uncertain, but the threat is legitimate.
I'd be interested to hear more discussion on this as it's much more fundamental to current use cases than the current node discussion.
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I know someone who is working on fusion and they're actually making more progress than I would have anticipated. Not sure about the others..