There are encryption systems that are “quantum resistant” but are not in widespread use yet, but could be rolled out fairly quickly.
The great prize of being able to decode existing encryption would be gaining access to the vast amounts of data that have already been sucked up and stored.
“Developing its own” ... sold to it be the Democrats for a relative pittance for the Big Guy ... po-tay-to ... po-taa-to...
Everyone is going to need the quantum computers for the QFS which will replace the central banking system in the near future.
the prize is quantum entanglement
China does not need to develop anything.
China has 317,000 students in USA universities.
Their students send all the USA funded cutting edge research back to China whenever they want to.
quantum computers are the key to kurzweil’s singularity.
He first predicted that to happen in the 2040’s but has since shaved 10 years off that prediction to sometime in the 2030’s.
that corresponds to the time frame in which quantum computers come of age.
Quantum Computing goes HAL nothing works.