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The original was posted on /r/monero by /u/ImTheEquinox on 2025-02-21 07:30:37+00:00.

We are on the verge of a new era of computer processors.

Are the XMR chain and its miners prepared for this challenge??

“Imagine a chip that can fit in the palm of your hand yet is capable of solving problems that even all the computers on Earth today combined could not!” Satya Nadella.

Of course it refers to a quantum computer powered with 1 million qubits. Majorana only has 8, for now…

It is publicly known that 3000 qubits are necessary to break Bitcoin cryptography (I don’t know the comparison with Monero). So how long do we have for 8 qubits to become 3000 and from there to 1 million?

“We believe this breakthrough will allow us to create a truly meaningful quantum computer not in decades, as some have predicted, but in years.” Satya Nadella.

I can only assume that there will be many challenges ahead for those of us who value our privacy and security.

“…privacy is a lie, security is an illusion…” Anonymous.

(I might got that last quote wrong… was it the other way around?)

I would like to know your thoughts about this and if anyone has deeper knowledge please share.