Most importantly, hacking is not an academic achievement.
It doesn’t need to crack within seconds to be classified as “cracked”.
For example, the damage is identical in a practical sense if someone uses a less powerful quantum computer cracking within hours or even weeks.
When people say “quantum computers are 10 years away”, they usually assume slow, linear progress.
But the major quantum players are pursuing very different scaling strategies.
And more importantly - we actually have research estimates for how many logical qubits are needed to break crypto.
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