BrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 5 days agoFear that quantum computing is on the cusp of cracking cryptocurrency's encryption spurs a global investment firm to remove Bitcoin from recommendationswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square28linkfedilinkarrow-up1157arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1151arrow-down1external-linkFear that quantum computing is on the cusp of cracking cryptocurrency's encryption spurs a global investment firm to remove Bitcoin from recommendationswww.tomshardware.comBrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square28linkfedilinkfile-text
The firm’s senior financial strategist is concerned the advancements in the field of quantum computing will break Bitcoin.
minus-squaretechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days ago It’s not even close lol why the panic The quantum grift is very similar to the “AI” grift.
minus-squareSmoothOperator@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·4 days agoWell, there’s grifters in both camps, but the quantum computing potential was scientifically proven with Shor’s algorithm decades ago, while nobody knows if AI will go anywhere from here. So also fundamentally dissimilar.
The quantum grift is very similar to the “AI” grift.
Well, there’s grifters in both camps, but the quantum computing potential was scientifically proven with Shor’s algorithm decades ago, while nobody knows if AI will go anywhere from here.
So also fundamentally dissimilar.