Quantum computing is coming for the cryptography that secures payments, messaging, websites, banks and blockchains. But how worried should you actually be, and what should anyone be doing about it?
In this new episode of The Ledger Podcast, Ledger CTO Charles Guillemet sits down with Ledger Head of Brand Development Mo El-Sayed to unpack what’s really happening — without the doom.
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Timestamps:
Why post-quantum cryptography matters to everyone: 0:00
What a quantum computer actually is: 2:00
Why a quantum computer breaks cryptography: 5:30
Why AI can’t do the same thing: 7:35
The 2032 question and the probabilities: 9:26
Trust erodes before the system breaks: 10:24
Post-quantum cryptography and the NIST timeline: 11:54
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