Been going down a rabbit hole on quantum computing and crypto lately.
Most projects are chasing AI integrations or faster settlement times.
Almost nobody is asking what happens when quantum computers get strong enough to crack the cryptography wallets and blockchains run on right now.
That's how I found
@quipnetwork.
They're building two things at once.
Post-quantum wallet protection getting ahead of the threat before it lands.
And a compute network where machines do actual useful work: optimization problems in logistics, finance, manufacturing, AI.
Not burning energy on pointless puzzles.
CPUs, GPUs, ASICs, even quantum processors can earn rewards by solving real problems businesses are willing to pay for.
I hadn't seen that combination before.
The longer-term pitch is a shared global quantum network access for people who don't have a $20M machine sitting in a lab.
Whether that's 3 years away or 10, I have no idea.
But the teams doing the unglamorous prep work now tend to be the ones that still matter when it does.