> Indeed, given the current staggering rate of hardware progress, I now think it’s a live possibility that we’ll have a fault-tolerant quantum computer running Shor’s algorithm before the next US presidential election. – Scott Aaronson (11/13/25)

this guy is one of the most notable quantum academics/researchers/educators and is known as major quantum SKEPTIC / realist.

@VinegarWrites Also .. IBMs 200 qubit computer.. that’s a single order of magnitude away from cracking bitcoin. lol