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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: Will a future quantum computer make blockchain encryption obsolete?
by
NewBet
on 01/12/2017, 23:33:24 UTC
This is quite possible and scary. Right now it is impossible to decrypt private keys, however it could be possible going forward that private keys could easily be decrypted by quantum computers - even instantly. Thus is the nature of quantum mechanics... nothing really makes much sense.