Quantum Computing Triggers the "Doomsday Countdown" for Figures Like Sun Yuchen

There are three long-standing running jokes in the tech industry: controlled nuclear fusion, quantum computing, and artificial general intelligence. Internet users often joke that these three technologies are always stuck in the state of being "only 10 years away" from commercialization.

But now it seems that "quantum computing" may take the lead to break through.

Commercial-grade quantum computers have been deployed in cloud computing data centers, and the practical threshold of 100 logical error-correction qubits will be crossed as early as next year.

Once quantum computing is commercialized, fields including drug R&D, materials science and financial modeling will embrace qualitative leaps. However, there is one industry that will only get a chill down the spine upon hearing this news: cryptocurrency.

Because the elliptic curve cryptography that protects the private keys of Bitcoin and Ethereum is exactly what quantum computers are best at cracking.

When the quantum computing that people thought "will never arrive" suddenly becomes accessible next year, the coins in the wallets of those crypto scammers may be in great danger.

Why Quantum Computing Is Suddenly "Going to Be Available Next Year"