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06/23 07:12
Trump signs orders to build a quantum computer and
Trump signs orders to build a quantum computer and protect against the one that could break encryption
The U.S. government wants to build a quantum computer – the ultra-fast machine that could theoretically break the Bitcoin BTC$63,502.81 blockchain – and protect itself from it at the same time.
On Monday, the White House issued two executive orders. One pushes to build the quantum machine while the other calls for building defenses against the damage that such machines could do to encryption.
The build order
Executive Order 14411 pushes for an effort called QC-ADDS to produce a large-scale quantum computer, with the "intent to deliver at least one such computer to a Department of Energy facility and, to the extent possible, make it available to the scientific community."
The order also tells the Pentagon, the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, to get quantum sensors into the field by 2028, and lays out plans for workforce training and supply chains
"Within 60 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of War shall identify at least three next-generation quantum sensor projects to prioritize in order to field these sensors by September 30, 2028," the order says.
The defensive order
Executive Order 14409 focuses on what happens once a quantum computer is powerful enough to break today's encryption.
It explicits says that adversaries may already be collecting encrypted U.S. data, or information mathematically scrambled into an unreadable format to protect it from unauthorized access, and could decrypt it in future with the help of quantum computers.
That's the "harvest now, decrypt later" problem. Steal the locked box today, crack it open whenever the tool to do so finally exists.
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