Decided to move this to serious discussion considering the lack of activity but have now decided to move it back to Bitcoin development and technical discussion as I'm interested in hearing others opinions on the quantum computers currently and what they will be like in the future especially some of the links which have been posted in this thread.
I'll be keeping a set of useful quotes here with external links which I find interesting and would love to see some others expand on the existing discussion and hopefully offer some new information and insights.
Useful links posted on this topic: As I've mentioned before, I think that whilst a lot of work has gone into building quantum-resistant systems using classical computers, one of the best avenues of investigation is defence using quantum computers. There has been plenty of research into various methods of
Quantum Key Distribution, and this research continues with approaches such as
Kaks three-stage protocol. Perhaps this will be quantum-attack-proof, or perhaps not. But the key here is that defence is actually moving faster than attack.