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Finally we have some honest commentary on false claims of quantum computers posing a legitimate threat to encryption standards cryptocurrencies like bitcoin are built upon. They admit their "quantum technology" was based around a loophole, rather than computational advantages. This acknowledgement voids their later claims that future quantum computers will fare better.

I think the issue with quantum computers is they lack basic foundational building blocks necessary to deliver on promises of fundamentally superior processing power. There is no quantum breakthrough analogy to the silicon transistor. Which would allow for a quantum computer to be built using basic blocks which are intrinsically superior to silicon semiconductors.

Basic logic gates made of silicon will always be superior to the existing logic gates of quantum computing. Unless a significant breakthrough occurs that basic fact will not change.

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And so, when it comes to building computing machines that will take advantage of this quantum wierdness, the actual devices will simply be employing a complex emergent classical property.  That is, the quantum computers will just be very advanced, very fast classical computer versions of what we have today. (can you see how I can find this topic of quantum computing to be rather silly).

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