We’re probably still years away from it becoming a real risk to encryption. But I think it’s great that people are already talking about it.

The last few years have shown big jumps in CPU progress, and now things are speeding up even more with AI. These technologies are pushing each other forward — what used to take decades might now only take a few years.

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Yeah I wrote an article along those lines on X a couple of months ago about all of this after some FUD was circulating. Agree that it’s great people are talking about it and that the community are already putting things in place to protect the network.

Could you send me the link? I do not have X anymore…