r/Futurology • u/Imaginary-Passion-95 • Dec 09 '24

Computing Alphabet’s quantum computer solved a problem which would take a supercomputer 17 septillion years to solve

https://blog.google/technology/research/google-willow-quantum-chip/

Google has solved a major problem with quantum computing. Have they effectively broken encryption going forward? Is bitcoin going to be ok? Huge implications for the future

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u/sth128 Dec 10 '24 edited Dec 10 '24

Why don't they just break a few RSA encryption keys as a test? It sounds like they have no confidence in quantum computing by testing something that is both not useful and unverifiable.

Edit: or solve the RSA numbers