A cryptocurrency (or crypto currency) is a digital asset designed to work as a medium of exchange that uses cryptography to secure its transactions, to control the creation of additional units, and to verify the transfer of assets. (Wikipedia) Please be sure that the system under consideration depends crucially on quantum computing.
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Will quantum computing kill cryptocurrencies, ecommerce and private communications (Signal, TOR, etc)?
And if a specific country or nation-state gets a breakthrough and keeps quiet about it, can they go about quietly decrypting everything online with us none the wiser and expecting/thinking we're safe?
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A previous question with link was…
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