2/5 🧵 Christopher Smith’s core argument is that the industry is underestimating both the scope and speed of the threat. He points to Google’s Willow chip in late 2024 as the psychological turning point: quantum error correction stopped looking like sci-fi and started looking like an engineering race. Add newer research that cuts the estimated resources needed to break Bitcoin-style keys, and the timeline starts feeling a lot less comfortable.
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