I came for the Signal, but stayed for the Noise. "If you think you understand quantum mechanics, you don't understand quantum mechanics." -Richard Feynman
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Happy to see friend and long term supporter of @qBitTensorLabs, @RyanBequette on the main stage at exploit pitching an innovative concept for a potential subnet-- Carbon.
Good luck Ryan!
The security that protected your bank account until ~2000, can now be broken in under 4 hours on an RTX 6000.
Well-- I've been saying it for months, but now they are saying it too. Publically.
"The result aligns with our own public hardware roadmap for 2028, and reinforces why enterprises should accelerate cryptographic discovery and migration now."
ionq.com/blog/the-first-full…
BeyondNISQ retweeted
500-bit RSA has been broken🔥
🚨 MILESTONE SOLVED: 500-bit RSA Broken 🚨
Breaking RSA Milestone 4 with @terraquantum_ag has been solved!
Congratulations to Xdev for becoming the first to break 500-bit RSA and claiming the $20,000 USD prize.
This milestone saw more than 100 submissions, with miners continuously improving on previous solutions in a race to be first across the finish line.
The winning code is now available on our website:
qbittensorlabs.com/enigma/ch…
On to the next milestone. 🚀
#Enigma #SN63 #BreakingRSA #TerraQuantum
BeyondNISQ retweeted
I have a feeling someone is about to prove Claude wrong...
Stay tuned.
#Enigma #SN63 #BreakingRSA #TerraQuantum
Kudos to @const_reborn and the OTF team for trying something, learning, and iterating-- A strong formula for innovation.
BeyondNISQ retweeted
Excellent read/watch from @taodaily_io about @qBitTensorLabs @QuantumSN48 & @EnigmaSN63. Worth your time folks.
taodaily.io/quantum-computin…
BeyondNISQ retweeted
Ep. 91 - Bob Wold
Bob @BeyondNISQ is building Enigma @EnigmaSN63 and founder of @qBitTensorLabs
Timestamps
1:15 - Introduction
1:54 - Bob's Entry From Quantum World
2:58 - Qubit & Superposition Explained
3:09 - Bob's Journey Into Bittensor
4:23 - Backlash From Traditional Quantum Colleagues
5:38 - Quantum Rings vs. qBitTensorLabs
6:14 - SN48 & SN63: How the Two Subnets Relate
6:54 - SN48: Quantum Compute Marketplace
7:39 - The Pivot: From Quantum Innovate to Enigma
8:33 - Incentivizing Breaking Things
9:52 - Enigma's Bounty & Challenge Model
10:07 - Two Entry Points: Academics vs. Hackers
10:57 - Submission Fees & Anti-DoS Mechanics
13:38 - Q-Day: When Quantum Breaks Encryption
15:33 - DARPA Chart: RSA 2048 & Logical Qubits
17:41 - IonQ 2028 Roadmap & 1,600 Logical Qubits
19:33 - RSA, Prime Numbers & Shor's Algorithm
20:57 - Google's Paper: 1,400 Qubits Breaks Bitcoin
22:44 - IonQ Photonic Interconnect: One Risk De-risked
23:54 - Q-Day Won't Be Announced When It Happens
25:32 - Treasury Wallets: Trustless Prize Pools
31:42 - What Treasury Wallets Actually Are
33:45 - Live Challenge: Drain the $ 5K Wallet
34:54 - Breaking RSA & Peaked Circuit Challenges
37:32 - Pressure Testing as a Service
38:18 - Defining Exploits: Code Is Explicit
42:11 - Evaluation Loop
47:24 - Revenue Model & Feral GPL Licensing
49:45 - Commercial Licensing & Royalties
54:33 - Beyond NISQ: What the Name Means
56:16 - When Does the NISQ Era End?
57:56 - Offense vs. Defense: Will Encryption Keep Up?
1:02:15 - What Bob Is Most Excited About for Enigma
1:05:02 - Advice for Professionals Entering Bittensor
BeyondNISQ retweeted
The bottleneck holding quantum computing back isn't hardware.
It's that nobody's teaching physicists how to use it.
@QuantumRingsInc fixed that. Here's how 👇
youtu.be/wWZ-k4Fp_P4
🤖 Made with AI
...For reference, according to @IonQ_Inc's roadmap 1,450 logical qubits will be in the rearview mirror in 2028.
ionq.com/roadmap
"Not Posting the circuit" stops nothing. Simply saying it can be done is enough.
BeyondNISQ retweeted
It's coming...
securityweek.com/quantum-dec…
The million dollar question: When will it be broken?
It was great to spend the weekend with the Hackers, the industry sponsors, and the facilitators. Always inspired by what small teams of passionate people can do in a short period of time.
Witness hundreds of students from across the world contributing to @OpenQuantum_ as they compete to solve the Quantum Rings Challenge in the 2026 @MIT #iQuHACK event.
Won't be long before quantum gigabrains like these are competing for massive payouts on #SN63...
Could this be true?
@IcebergQuantum just claimed that instead of ~1M physical qubits, RSA 2048 can now be broken with ~100k physical qubits using their LDPC codes.
"As a concrete demonstration, Pinnacle shows how breaking RSA-2048 — long considered to require millions of physical qubits — could be achieved with fewer than one hundred thousand"
finance.yahoo.com/news/icebe…
While we still have a long way to go to 100k qubits, we seems to be getting about a 10x reduction each year, while quantum computers rapidly grow.
Don't Panic, Do Prepare.
