@averageglabella
Would you be able to elaborate on these issues that you have?
As for the implying that quantum computers are not a direct attack against Bitcoin for the algorithm it uses for encryption I think that's certainly true and the easy way of combating quantum computers would be to just change to a quantum resistant algorithm. I don't know too much about the quantum resistant algorithms out there today and which would be the better option for the Bitcoin community but I'd be interested in hearing some pros and cons from anyone who has knowledge in that field.
Essentially they describe how if someone where to build a big enough computer to crack bitcoin in 2 minutes, say, maybe with a large "quantum computer", the bitcoin code can be upgraded to then make it near impossible again for that new machine to crack it. The code can always stay ahead of the hardware.
Nice to hear from someone who has also studied quantum mechanics though I agree with your analysis and input. Although with your last statement about the code always being able to stay ahead of the machine is that necessarily true? As far as I know there aren't too many algorithms that would be suitable for use with Bitcoin because of some of the limitations and not too many have been developed in recent years however we seeing technology from a quantum computing aspect continue to develop at a rather impressive rate. My counter argument would be that a lot of time, money and energy is being put into quantum computers right now because its both exciting and useful however because currently there's nothing capable of breaking the majority of encryption algorithms out there we aren't necessarily looking to improve upon that yet because the current ones are good enough. Do you think the closer we get to quantum computers becoming a threat to encryption the more work that will be put into developing suitable algorithms?