<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><font size="4"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></font></font></b><a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/google-research-suggests-encryption-technique-used-by-bitcoin-will-be-cracked-by-quantum-computers-around-2029-search-giant-says-quantum-attacks-need-to-be-prepared-for-now" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4"><b>Google says Bitcoin will be cracked by 2029</b></font></a></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><font size="4">John K Clark    See what's on my list at  </font><font size="6"><a href="https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Extropolis</a></font></font></b></div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></b></div><font size="1" color="#ffffff">&$j</font></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><br><br></div><div><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01054-1" target="_blank"><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b>‘It’s a real shock’: quantum-computing breakthroughs pose imminent risks to cybersecurity</b></font></a><br></div><div><br></div><div><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b>I think this is getting serious.<span class="gmail_default"> And that's not all, independent of the above this article also appeared yesterday:</span></b></font></div><div><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b><span class="gmail_default"><br></span></b></font></div><div><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b><span class="gmail_default"><a href="https://physicsworld.com/a/trapped-ion-quantum-technology-gets-smaller/" target="_blank">Trapped ion quantum technology gets smaller</a><br></span></b></font></div><div><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b><br></b></font></div><div><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b>The writing is on the wall<span class="gmail_default">.</span><span class="gmail_default"> </span>If I had any <span class="gmail_default">B</span>itcoin<span class="gmail_default">s I'd sell them quick because the party is about to come to an end. </span></b><br></font></div><div><br></div></div></blockquote><b style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><font size="4"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></font></font></b></div></div>