Y2K really was a threat. It was just that we saw it coming years in advance and updated everything.
If you manage to stave off the problem, everyone is like, See, there was no problem!
I don't see anyone working on a potential solution for Bitcoin. That's the difference.
does this mean we get to party like it's 1999 soon? π
Quantum computers will also be a threat to passwords as we currently know them.
I think we updated everythink in the very last decade (maybe a year actually).
Quantum computing is in it's infancy and no real threat now.
And there is academic research for quantum resistent cryptography. It's not like we do nothing...
