$215 million for a quantum computer. Of that, $2.5 million is in the FY 2026 budget
The rest, as the DOE itself says, depends on whether Congress provides the money
On October 8, the White House released a fact sheet on more than $6 billion in science initiatives, and crypto media captioned it: “a quantum plan amid crypto fears”
I reread it. The word “cryptography” isn’t in there. Neither is Bitcoin. The $215 million is for the DOE Quantum Genesis Q competition, announced back on September 17, with applications due by October 19
The actual document on the quantum threat to keys is the order from June 22. Key exchange in U.S. critical infrastructure is to move to a quantum-resistant standard by 2030, and signatures by 2031
The government set itself a deadline. The order doesn’t say a word about $BTC and blockchain
This week, Vitalik, Drake, and Hoskinson debated what AI does to keys. The quantum part of the same story is simpler: who will set a deadline for Bitcoin?
#quantumcomputing #bitcoin
The rest, as the DOE itself says, depends on whether Congress provides the money
On October 8, the White House released a fact sheet on more than $6 billion in science initiatives, and crypto media captioned it: “a quantum plan amid crypto fears”
I reread it. The word “cryptography” isn’t in there. Neither is Bitcoin. The $215 million is for the DOE Quantum Genesis Q competition, announced back on September 17, with applications due by October 19
The actual document on the quantum threat to keys is the order from June 22. Key exchange in U.S. critical infrastructure is to move to a quantum-resistant standard by 2030, and signatures by 2031
The government set itself a deadline. The order doesn’t say a word about $BTC and blockchain
This week, Vitalik, Drake, and Hoskinson debated what AI does to keys. The quantum part of the same story is simpler: who will set a deadline for Bitcoin?
#quantumcomputing #bitcoin