With Quantum Computing Coming Along, Blockchain's in a Race Against Time

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Quantum computing has been the holy grail of computer processing power ever since physicist Paul Benioff first proposed it in the early 1980s. Successful quantum computing designs would trigger another digital revolution, empowering everything from next-generation artificial intelligence to pharmaceutical testing. If quantum computing became a reality, about a quarter of a trillion dollars in crypto-assets would be at risk of theft overnight. The same would hold true for business systems that have moved onto the blockchain – everything from cross-border central bank transfers to the trillion-dollar stock market infrastructure would suddenly be very much at risk.