[[https://quantum-computing.ibm.com/| IBM Quantum Computing]] [[https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/chinese-quantum-computer-180-million-times-faster| China's photonic quantum computer is 180 million times faster says 'father of quantum']] [[https://interestingengineering.com/science/quantum-computer-can-remember-its-past| Quantum computer creates particle that can remember its past]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZacBmOwvz0| How to Build a Qubit]] [[https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2022/02/breaking-245-bit-elliptic-curve-encryption-with-a-quantum-computer.html|Breaking 256-bit Elliptic Curve Encryption with a Quantum Computer]] Breaking 256-bit Elliptic Curve Encryption with a Quantum Computer Researchers have calculated the quantum computer size necessary to break 256-bit elliptic curve public-key cryptography: Finally, we calculate the number of physical qubits required to break the 256-bit elliptic curve encryption of keys in the Bitcoin network within the small available time frame in which it would actually pose a threat to do so. It would require 317 × 106 physical qubits to break the encryption within one hour using the surface code, a code cycle time of 1 μs, a reaction time of 10 μs, and a physical gate error of 10-3. To instead break the encryption within one day, it would require 13 × 106 physical qubits. In other words: no time soon. Not even remotely soon. IBM’s largest ever superconducting quantum computer is 127 physical qubits.