Google's "Quantum Supremacy" To Render All Cryptocurrency & Military Secrets Breakable

From Zero Hedge.com (Sept. 22):

The 53-qubit quantum computer can break any 53-bit cryptography in seconds, meaning Bitcoin’s 256-bit encryption is vulnerable once Google scales its quantum computing to 256 qubits, something their own scientists say will be possible by 2022.

Modern military cryptography will also eventually be rendered obsolete given that the number of qubits in Google’s quantum computers will double at least every year, according to the report, growing at “double exponential rate,” which is even faster than Moore’s Law.

At this rate, Google will be able to break all military encryption by 2024, a frightening prospect given the company’s close ties to China. [read more]

I hope Google doesn’t give that technology away to China. That would be bad.

Other stories on quantum computers:

• Explainer: Google Hails ‘Quantum Supremacy’, But Don’t Chuck Out Your PC Just Yet
• WHAT HAPPENS IF CHINA ACHIEVES QUANTUM SUPREMACY?
• Quantum Computer Made from Photons Achieves a New Record